Is it possible that we ‘hate’ politics because we have forgotten its specifi c and limited nature, its overwhelming value, and also its innate fragility? Could it be that our expectations are so high that politics appears almost destined to disap...
From "Lunchtime At The Justice Cafe" : The waitress snarled a grin that lasted just long enough to show a mouthful of stained yellowed teeth, then turned suddenly serious. “‘Course I’m not the one to talk about these folks, I ‘spose. You see,...
Primary Epic is great, but not with the greatness of the later kind. In Homer, its greatness lies in the human and personal tragedy built up against this background of meaningless flux. It is all the more tragic because there hangs over the heroic wo...
Winter Liar" by Liam Doyle the Incubus What come once here will never come again, no matter monument nor memory; all sunwarmed green succumbs to winter's wind. And you, my love, were also my best friend, and had your life to live. The tragedy was not...
They must stand high who would see their own destiny.
A bird never flew so high but it had to come to the ground for food.
You will often see a high collar above an empty stomach.
He who wants to build high must dig deep.
At high tide fish eat ants; at low tide ants eat fish.
At high tide the fish eat ants; at low tide the ants eat fish.
In Paris, everything was fixable for the right price.
Enemies,' the wizard said, 'are the price of honour.
The misconception that a victory can be worth its price, has in the nuclear age become a total illusion.
A woman telling her true age is like a buyer confiding his final price to an Armenian rug dealer.
the price of a memory is the memory of the sorrow it brings
Perfection exacts a price, but it's the imperfect who pay it
That's what we all want, isn't it? Power without price.
A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything, and the value of nothing.
Paris is an ideal place to become informed, while Venice is a place to think and write.
I just get the same stuff as I did before, but the price tag is much higher.
The rise in the price of gold is a sign that capitalism has stumbled.
