Tuesday, August 18, 1981

From the shelf

Nothing in the canon is tethered to August 18. One line is set aside for this year, the same line for every reader.

It is an ideal for which I am prepared to die.
Nelson MandelaStatement from the dock at the Rivonia Trial · 1964

In 1982 this day opens on Robert Frost.

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

August 18 · Quotationary