Quotation of the Week
Labels: Life, Literature, Oscar Wilde, quotations
31.7.12
5.2.11
Elizabeth Hay: «Small Change» ~Epigraph
«Her failure lay within herself, in her abrupt pride, and sudden sharp intolerance, and her inability, when in certain moods, to accept the small change of friendship, even from those who she knew loved her deeply.»
~Noel Coward, Present Indicative
Labels: Literature, quotations
3.3.08
quotation of the week
«the mind of this country, taught to aim at low objects, eats upon itself.»
~ralph waldo emerson, 1837
i'm just sick of the anti-intellectualism, the culture of the lowest common denominator, the irrationality and theism rampant in America.
please do not miss susan jacoby's The Dumbing Of America.
Labels: Literature, quotations, Recommendation
21.10.07
JK Rowling: «Dumbledore is gay»
During a question-and-answer session at New York's Carnegie Hall a 19-year-old from Colorado asked author JK Rowling: Did Dumbledore, who believed in the prevailing power of love, ever fall in love himself?The author replied: My truthful answer to you...I always thought of Dumbledore as gay. The audience reportedly fell silent - then erupted into prolonged applause.
read David Smith's story.
Labels: GLBT Interest, Literature, News
