"By definition, a prejudice is a principle that its owner does not intend to examine. Which does not prove it is wrong. And what a comforting thing it is."
Wallace Stegner The Spectator Bird, novel.
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Monday, July 13, 2015
Quote of the Post
"Curious indeed that in this life, brief and precariously enjoyed, men should so set their hearts on building a permanence in words: something to stand, in the lovely stability of ink and leaden type, as our speech out of silence to those who follow on. Indefensible absurdity, and yet the secret and impassioned dream of those who write!
I was about to say that, for the writing of anything truly durable, the first requisite is plenty of silence. Then I recall Dr. Johnson's preface to his Dictionary- 'written not in the soft obscurities of retirement, or under the shelter of academic bowers, but amid inconvenience and distraction, in sickness and in sorrow.' "
Christopher Morley ,Meditations of a Bookseller, essay. Collected in Pipefuls
I was about to say that, for the writing of anything truly durable, the first requisite is plenty of silence. Then I recall Dr. Johnson's preface to his Dictionary- 'written not in the soft obscurities of retirement, or under the shelter of academic bowers, but amid inconvenience and distraction, in sickness and in sorrow.' "
Christopher Morley ,Meditations of a Bookseller, essay. Collected in Pipefuls
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