Quote
“Ambassador—that he is an honest man sent to lie abroad”
Excerpt From: Pepys, Samuel. “Quotations from Diary of Samuel Pepys.”
Hashtag Just Sayin’
Winston Churchill said: “You can always count on Americans to do the right thing — after they’ve tried everything else.”
Pink Cake
Pink Cake is a commonplace book.
“A ‘commonplace book,’ I was introduced to the idea in college, and it was supposed to be a place, like, a notebook, where artists and authors collected the scraps and tidbits of inspiration. Quotes, short passages, notes to one’s self.
“I’ve collected a database of useful information and here it is, a selection of quotes and other inspirational material. Perhaps more telling and more fun, for copyright and other legal considerations, check out the pdf file of quotes that didn’t make it into the collection.”
ISBN-13: 978-1434805751
A Commonplace Book (full text PDF & cut quotes PDF)
via the New Yorker mag:
“As a leisure activity, superhots offer some of the pleasures of mild drugs and extreme sports without requiring one to break the law or work out. They are near-death experiences in a bowl of guacamole.”
That’s the appeal.
“Shakespeare is the happy hunting-ground of all minds that have lost their balance.”
— James Joyce, Ulysses page 244