The first thing I learned at school was that some people are idiots; the second thing I learned was that some are even worse.
Orhan Pamuk, Istanbul: Memories of a City
A commonplace book: an old-fashioned literary diary for recording interesting items from reading you've done. I use mine to record snippets from reading, conversation and life in general. (The early 2003 entries are from a period some years ago -- before the blog age -- when I tried an online commonplace book as a straight web page.)
Saturday, August 18, 2007
Wednesday, August 01, 2007
By doing what was necessary to keep the settlers alive, John Smith became the person most feared by investors and bureaucrats through the ages: the man on the scene who does not hesitate to exceed his instructions.
Edmund S. and Marie Morgan, “Our Shaky Beginning’s,” NYRB of April 26, 2007
Edmund S. and Marie Morgan, “Our Shaky Beginning’s,” NYRB of April 26, 2007
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