A writers job is to tell the truth. His standard of fidelity to the truth should be so high that his invention, out of his experience, should produce a truer account that anything factual can be. For facts can be observed badly; but when a goood writer is creating something, he has time and scope to make of it an absolute truth. Ernest Hemingway (Men at war)
When I was 17, my father was so stupid, I didn't want to be seen with him in public. When I was 24, I was amazed at how much the old man had learned in just 7 years. Mark Twain
French high street clothing chain. Seen in Carpentras, southern France. On a large road side sign. Play with fashion! Play with yourself! Coming soon! Straight road thankfully. Something had been lost in translation!
"I have to have a dog. You'll never go mad if you have a dog.....They talk to you" Mrs Biscuit's Auntie Cath
I wonder how long we have to go until we reach herd intelligence. anon The difference between aljazeera & CNN is cnn shows the bombs taking off & aljazeera shows you when they land. Jimmy Dore
"To be able to forget means sanity." "The proper function of man (women) is to live, not to exist. You should not waste your days in trying to prolong them. You should use your time." "Some people are not immoral but unmoral." Jack London (An american noviest 1876-1916)
Every generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it George Orwell.
