The age of rumours
Why let facts get in the way of a good prejudice? When John Steinbeck and Robert Capa let people know...
What is reading for?
A wonderful quotation about what reading can do for and to us. Not a question of clocking up facts or...
A country or a farm
A profound distinction, in my view, between a sum of parts and a sum of gifts. And does this just...
Steady as she goes
Sometimes the world - at least our human version of it - feels wobbly, so I found this affirmation of...
An empire of leftovers
Simon Winder has a politically incorrect style of presenting history, which makes it a refreshing, thought-provoking read. I loved his...
Poetry as recall
Slowly I’m building a collection of quotations defining poetry. With a few more in the bag, we can lay them...
Tenderness vs severity
This encouragement to err on the side of tenderness is typical of George Eliot, who quietly, gently pleads for greater...
Roiling poetry
Written by a poet, this suggests that poems aren't written, but rather roil and form of their own volition. Having...
Scobie and the sea
This quote has haunted me since I first read Durrell’s Alexandria Quartet about thirty years ago. It is still on my wall...
When does a world disappear?
When does a world disappear? When inequality goes too far.
Inequality seems much in the news these days, an apparently...
Reading as grand occasion
This is Machiavelli and I like the way he treats reading as a majestic occasion, leaving aside his working clothes...
A simple summary of perfection
Grossman has a simplicity and clarity to his writing and I like his definition of perfection, not as an...
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