Sunday, March 22, 2020

From the shelf

Nothing in the canon is tethered to March 22. One line is set aside for this year, the same line for every reader.

Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.
George OrwellPolitics and the English Language · 1946

In 2021 this day opens on James Joyce.

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

March 22 · Quotationary