“In my defense: while I am aware that there is no Truth, no objective truth, no single truth, no truth simple or unsimple, either; no verity, eternal or otherwise; no Truth about anything, there are Facts, objective facts, discernible and verifiable. And the more facts you accumulate, the closer…
“The fear isn’t about what death is, or that it might happen soon. It’s about viscerally knowing that it will happen.” — Peter Welch, Observations of a Straight White Male with No Interesting Fetishes #QOTD#PeterWelch#Quotation#FearOfDeath
“Your brother is still young enough to believe that the past still exists, he said. That the injustices within it await his remedy.” — Cormac McCarthy, The Crossing #QOTD#CormacMcCarthy#Quotation#Injustice#Quote
“Intentions, good or bad, are not enough. There's luck or fate or something else that takes over.” — John Steinbeck, The Winter of Our Discontent #QOTD#Steinbeck#Quotation#Intentions#Quote
“Topics of conversation among the multitude are generally persons - sometimes things - scarcely ever principles.” — William Benton Clulow, Aphorisms and Reflections, a miscellany of thought and opinion #QOTD#WilliamBentonClulow#Quote#Conversation#Quotation
A miniature horse falling into books flying over a river of dog saliva with a child sailing a toy sailboat. August 13, 2025 Carrer de la Mare Vella 10, Valencia, Spain
“It was becoming a habit—this concentration on things behind him. Almost as though there were no future to be had.” — Toni Morrison, Song of Solomon #QOTD#ToniMorrison#Quote#NoFuture#Quotation
“I don't know whether it's normal or not, but sex has always been something that I take seriously. I would put it higher than tennis on my list of constructive things to do.” — Art Buchwald,