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“All cities are mad: but the madness is gallant. All cities are beautiful, but the beauty is grim.”-Christopher Morley
Daily Diversion #201: View from Mt. Adams
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Jean Renoir Quote
Writers in Art: Anna Akhmatova by Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin
Anna Akhmatova by Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin, 1922.
Portrait of Anna Akhmatova, 1922 by Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin
“You will hear thunder and remember me, and think: she wanted storms…”-Anna Akhmatova
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John Waters Quote
Rachel Carson Died Fifty Years Ago Today
Rachel Carson died on 14 April 1964.
Robert Hines and Rachel Carson. Courtesy of United States Fish and Wildlife Service.
“But man is a part of nature, and his war against nature is inevitably a war against himself.”-Rachel Carson
Seven Years Later…
…you are still missed.
Kurt Vonnegut in his U.S. Army days
“A purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is around to be loved.”-Kurt Vonnegut, The Sirens of Titan
11 April: John O’Hara
John O’Hara died on 11 April 1970.
John O’Hara, 1945
“They say great themes make great novels…but what these young writers don’t understand is that there is no greater theme than men and women.”-John O’Hara
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“I don’t believe that responsibility in an author ever worked. I don’t believe that any author ever did any good because he was feeling a responsibility. I believe some authors instinctively feel a certain love for the human being, and they will do a lot of good, I hope. And some of the ones don’t, and that’s all.”-Jean Renoir
Jean Renoir Drawing by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1901
You’ll Never Perfect Your Craft
How does that make you feel?
You’ll never perfect your craft.
The idea that you can perfect your craft is a chimera, a distraction.
Off Topic Post: So Long, Mickey Rooney!
Mickey Rooney Dead at 93 [courtesy Variety]
“Always get married early in the morning. That way, if it doesn’t work out you haven’t wasted a whole day.”-Mickey Rooney
Mickey Rooney and his first wife, Ava Gardner.
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