Larry

“Opinions differ on the question of whether a golden age is something you can experience while it's happening or whether it only comes into focus on reflection...no matter how grand and prosperous and momentous the time in which you are living may be, its grandeur is inevitably stained by the incessant drabness of the present.”
― Russell Shorto, Amsterdam: A History of the World's Most Liberal City

“Coming to understand their bedrock sense of duty was perhaps the key to understanding their world, and orienting to my own sense of duty took me deeper into myself and my work.”
― Elizabeth Heaney, The Honor Was Mine

“having plenty of time to do anything in the world meant that the appeal to do any of it mysteriously faded.”
― Tori de Clare, Either Side of Midnight