The moment a man sets his thoughts down on paper, however secretly, he is in a sense writing for an audience, even if that audience is only his future self; and the future self may prove a harsher critic than any contemporary.
This year so far, I had said, Hello, Goodbye, Do you have change for twenty dollars, Where is the bathroom, and I love you. I had meant every word.
1mo ago
The most thought-provoking thing in our thought-provoking time is that we are still not thinking. This is a sobering fact when we consider how much has been done, and how little we have understood of what has been done.
2mo ago
The life of every man is a diary in which he means to write one story, and writes another; and his humblest hour is when he compares the volume as it is with what he vowed to make it.
2mo ago
It is not enough to be industrious; so are the ants. What are you industrious about?
The unexpected gift of it: when you come back to a book a year (or two, or three) later, the old marks show you who you were the last time you read it. It's like a record of how your thinking has moved.
5mo ago
Underscored — save the words that stop you in your tracks.
