Tag: Fashion
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“The lovers bear the dual burden of Adam and Eve and of Moses. They see the promised land in their longing’s imagination and enter it only to be expelled from it. Behold the lovers who find in their embrace the illusion of complete union and in fleeting moments even its reality, only to awaken alone in the embrace of another lover.” Hans Morgenthau
Leonard Campbell Taylor, Persuasion, 1914.
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Artist: Eastman Johnson
Just wanted to see this again . . . enjoy daylight savings. THE HISTORY OF DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME
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ART: Rain Storm, Union Square by Childe Hassam
“Are the days of winter sunshine just as sad for you, too? When it is misty, in the evenings, and I am out walking by myself, it seems to me that the rain is falling through my heart and causing it to crumble into ruins.” Gustave Flaubert
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“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness.” Mark Twain
“All the pathos and irony of leaving one’s youth behind is thus implicit in every joyous moment of travel: one knows that the first joy can never be recovered, and the wise traveler learns not to repeat successes but tries new places all the time.” Paul Fussell **A question: Does anyone know who this painting […]
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Emily Dickinson: How Happy I Was If I Could Forget
How happy I was if I could forget To remember how sad I am Would be an easy adversity But the recollecting of Bloom Keeps making November difficult Till I who was almost bold Lose my way like a little Child And perish of the cold.
Author Adrienne Morris 