I’m fascinated by this poem. I heard a few snippets of it from this music and had to know where it came from: Grasscut – Blink in the Night https://youtu.be/mP2YrTPAqpE “East Coker,” from “The Four Quartets. I. In my beginning is my end. In succession Houses rise and fall, crumble, are extended, Are removed, destroyed,…… Continue reading East Coker – T.S. Eliot
Category: Quotes
My favorite quotes.
Favorite Quotes
I decided to keep a record of my favorite quotes in this blog. Here are my favorites so far and I’ll post new ones as I come across them. “Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” – Leonardo DaVinci”The world is a book and those who do not travel read only a page” – St. Augustine”…… Continue reading Favorite Quotes
Democritus quotes
Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soulA life without parties would be like an endless road without an inn
Iris Murdoch
We live in a fantasy world, a world of illusion. The great task in life is to find reality. Posted from WordPress for Android
A favorite passage from Lapham's Quarterly – The Sea
Woods Hole, MARachel CarsonReturns us to the Sea Passage: When they went ashore, the animals that took up a land life carried with them a part of the sea in their bodies, a heritage which they passed on to their children and which even today links each land animal with its origin in the ancient…… Continue reading A favorite passage from Lapham's Quarterly – The Sea
Railroad Tracks
The US standard railroad gauge is 4 feet, 8.5 inches. That’s an exceedingly odd number. Why was that gauge used? Because that’s the way they built them in England, and English expatriates designed the US railroads.