Sunday, April 24, 2016

From the shelf

Nothing in the canon is tethered to April 24. 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 2017 this day opens on James Joyce.

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

April 24 · Quotationary