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like certain skies painted with an almost Parisian modernity by Mantegna or Veronese, beneath which could be accomplished only some solemn and tremendous act, such as a departure by train or the Elevation of the Cross.
“As we all know, time sometimes flies like a bird, and sometimes
crawls like a worm, but people may be unusually happy when they do not
even notice whether time has passed quickly or slowly”
― Fathers and Sons
crawls like a worm, but people may be unusually happy when they do not
even notice whether time has passed quickly or slowly”
― Fathers and Sons
“We sit in the mud, my friend, and reach for the stars.”
― Fathers and Sons
― Fathers and Sons
“A withered maple leaf has left its branch and is falling to the ground; its movements resemble those of a butterfly in flight. Isn't it strange? The saddest and deadest of things is yet so like the gayest and most vital of creatures?”
― Fathers and Sons
― Fathers and Sons
“The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation. From the desperate city you go into the desperate country, and have to console yourself with the bravery of minks and muskrats. A stereotyped but unconscious despair is concealed even under what are called the games and amusements of mankind. There is no play in them, for this comes after work. But it is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things..”
― Civil Disobedience and Other Essays
― Civil Disobedience and Other Essays
Dennis E. Perkins’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Dennis E. Perkins’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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