Thursday, August 23, 1928

From the shelf

Nothing in the canon is tethered to August 23. One line is set aside for this year, the same line for every reader.

Solitude is the profoundest fact of the human condition.
Octavio PazThe Labyrinth of Solitude · 1950

In 1929 this day opens on Martin Luther King Jr..

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

August 23 · Quotationary