Saturday, February 29, 1992

From the shelf

Nothing in the canon is tethered to February 29. One line is set aside for this year, the same line for every reader.

February 29 stays in the book in common years. The lived calendar skips it. This page does not.

The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves.
Victor HugoLes Misérables · 1862

In 1993 this day opens on John Donne.

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

February 29 · Quotationary