Month: April 2020

Alyssa Cole can write her ass off. Like, forreal forreal. In the past three days, I’ve read four of her books and I plan to get through the rest of them by the end of next week. And then I want to start all over again, this time reading chronologically from her first published book […]… Continue reading On Romance, (the genre, not the drought) — Reading Black Girlhood

A just society is a society that if you knew everything about it, you’d be willing to enter it in a random place. John Rawls, philosopher via “A just society is a society that if you knew everything about it, you’d be willing to enter it in a random place.” — Art of Quotation

“Our doom is, to be sifted by the wind, heaped up, smoothed down like silly sands. We are less permanent than thought.” Basil Bunting, poet via “…We are less permanent than thought.” — Art of Quotation

“When haters go after your looks and differences, it means they have nowhere left to go. And then you know you’re winning!” Source: Greta Thunberg responds to Asperger’s critics: ‘It’s a superpower’ via “When haters go after your looks and differences, it means they have nowhere left to go. And then you know you’re winning!” —… Continue reading “When haters go after your looks and differences, it means they have nowhere left to go. And then you know you’re winning!” — Art of Quotation

Really, the problem isn’t that plans fail, it’s what we do when they fail. When we miss a day or two at the gym, or order takeout when we meant to cook, most of us just shrug, give up entirely, and say, “Well, there’s always next year,” or we find another milestone to look forward […]… Continue reading “ Really, the problem isn’t that plans fail, it’s what we do when they fail. “ — Art of Quotation

“Nobody wants to be here and nobody wants to leave.” Cormac McCarthy, writer, book quote from The Road, Pulitzer Price for fiction, 2007 The Road is a 2006 post-apocalyptic novel that details the journey of a father and his young son over a period of several months, across a landscape blasted by an unspecified cataclysm […]… Continue reading “Nobody wants to be here and nobody wants to leave.” — Art of Quotation

It’s never going to be very mainstream. One reason is that poetry requires concentration, both on the part of the writer and the reader. But it’s kind of unkillable, poetry. It’s our most ancient artform and I think it’s more relevant today than ever, because it’s one person saying what they really believe. Simon Armitage, […]… Continue reading “poetry… it’s kind of unkillable… more relevant today than ever” — Art of Quotation

In my view dictators do not surrender. They have to be well and truly defeated. Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister via “In my view dictators do not surrender. They have to be well and truly defeated.” — Art of Quotation

But at this place, at this moment of time, all mankind is us, whether we like it or not. Let us make the most of it, before it is too late! Samuel Beckett, playwright, from “The Complete Dramatic Works of Samuel Beckett”, p.71, Faber & Faber via “at this place, at this moment of time, all… Continue reading “at this place, at this moment of time, all mankind is us, whether we like it or not. Let us make the most of it, before it is too late!” — Art of Quotation

Life’s tallest order is to keep the feelings up, to make two dollars’ worth of euphoria go the distance. Stanley Elkin, writer, book quote from “Pieces of Soap” via “Life’s tallest order is to keep the feelings up, to make two dollars’ worth of euphoria go the distance.” — Art of Quotation