Category Archives: Commonplace Book

“The temptation is powerful to close our eyes and wait for the worst to pass, but history tells that for freedom to survive, it must be defended, and if lies are to stop, they must be exposed.”      Madeleine … Continue reading →

“The greatest gift is a passion for reading.  It is cheap, it consoles, it distracts, it excites, it gives you the knowledge of the world and experience of a wide kind.  It is moral illumination.”      Elizabeth Hardwick

“Welcome, Mask Teazer, Peeved Gamster, Huffer;                                                                      … Continue reading →

“Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.” Carl Sandburg

“Years are only garments, and you either wear them with style all your life, or else you go dowdy to the grave.”    Dorothy Parker