Monday, August 16, 1909

From the shelf

Nothing in the canon is tethered to August 16. 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 1910 this day opens on James Joyce.

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

August 16 · Quotationary