“Everything around the central meaning,
Whatever grips that something in the womb
And, when a door slams, looks as if it’s leaning
From all the objects in a startled room;”
—Mark Jarmen, Cycle
“APRIL is the cruellest month, breeding lilacs out of the dead land, mixing memory and desire, stirring dull roots with spring rain.”
—T.S. Eliot, The Wasteland
“When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left I buy food and clothes.”
—Desiderius Erasmus
“Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself.”
—Desiderius Erasmus (my new literary crush)
“Sometimes, if you stand on the bottom rail of a bridge and lean over to watch the river slipping slowly away beneath you, you will suddenly know everything there is to be known.”
—Winnie the Pooh
“You can’t help respecting anybody who can spell TUESDAY, even if he doesn’t spell it right; but spelling isn’t everything. There are days when spelling Tuesday simply doesn’t count.”
—Winnie the Pooh
