Wednesday, November 23, 2011

From the shelf

Nothing in the canon is tethered to November 23. One line is set aside for this year, the same line for every reader.

He seems to me equal to the gods, that man who sits facing you and listens close to your sweet speaking.
SapphoFragment 31 · c. 600 BCE

In 2012 this day opens on Abraham Lincoln.

Arrow keys turn the day. S keeps the line. Slash focuses search.

November 23 · Quotationary