Tuesday, May 26, 1953

From the shelf

Nothing in the canon is tethered to May 26. One line is set aside for this year, the same line for every reader.

Men seek retreats for themselves, houses in the country, sea-shores, and mountains. But this is altogether a mark of the most common sort of men, for it is in thy power whenever thou shalt choose to retire into thyself.
Marcus AureliusMeditations · 4.3 · c. 170

In 1954 this day opens on John Steinbeck.

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

May 26 · Quotationary