Friday, February 07, 2014

Personally, I've always liked "You peasant swain, you whoreson malthorse drudge," from Taming of the Shrew... The Paris Review “Should you deploy ‘whoreson cullionly barber-monger’ at your next bar brawl, you’ll emerge victorious, guaranteed.” The best insults from Shakespeare’s “King Lear”: http://tpr.ly/1iylQTk.

Wednesday, February 05, 2014

“Concern for others is not a matter of religious practice; it’s a practical step towards creating a happy society. If you have trouble with your neighbours, try to reconcile it. It is possible to transform today’s enemy into tomorrow’s friend. Think about this, discuss it with your friends; try to put it into effect.” -- HH the Dalai Lama
"The writer operates at a particular crossroads where time and place and eternity somehow meet. His problem is to find that location." --Flannery O'Connor, Mystery and Manners