Archive for February, 2009

Austin Clarke

« 28 February 2009 | 23:29 | Uncategorized | No Comments »

The Planter’s Daughter
When night stirred at sea
And the fire brought a crowd in,
They say that her beauty
Was music in mouth
And few in the candlelight
Thought her too proud,
For the house of the planter
Is known by the trees.
Men that had seen her
Drank deep and were silent,
The women were speaking
Wherever she went -
As a bell that is rung
Or [...]



C S Lewis

« 27 February 2009 | 21:43 | Uncategorized | No Comments »

‘Are the gods not just?’
‘Oh no, child. What would become of us if they were?’



Honore de Balzac

« 26 February 2009 | 23:41 | Uncategorized | No Comments »

The majority of husbands remind me of an orangutang trying to play the violin.



Igor Pak

« 24 February 2009 | 23:08 | Uncategorized | No Comments »

It turns out we can do this not only practically but also theoretically.



Henry Ward Beecher

« 23 February 2009 | 23:30 | Uncategorized | No Comments »

Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?



Paul Dirac

« 21 February 2009 | 21:34 | Uncategorized | No Comments »

When I say “Yes”, it does not mean that I agree; it means only that you should go on.