Quotationary

Saturday, August 11, 2012

From the shelf

Nothing in the canon is tethered to August 11. 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 2013 this day opens on John Steinbeck.

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