Tuesday, February 17, 2009

From the shelf

Nothing in the canon is tethered to February 17. One line is set aside for this year, the same line for every reader.

The unexamined life is not worth living.
SocratesPlato, Apology · 38a · 399 BCE

In 2010 this day opens on Herman Melville.

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

February 17 · Quotationary