Quotes
First they came…
Lately I have been reviewing, captioning and posting my travel shots and journal from our 2012 trip to Berlin, Germany. Looking over the pictures we took of the Holocaust memorials and remembering their impact at the time has put me in mind of the powerful First they came… piece of prose. First they came… is the poetic form of a post-war confessional prose by the German Lutheran pastor Martin Niemöller…
When Insults Had Class
This is an oldie which has been travelling around the Internet for a while, but is worth preserving here. These glorious insults are from an era that valued cleverness with words; an era when the leaders of society didn’t need to use profanity or the middle finger to make their point. He had delusions of adequacy -Walter Kerr He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices…
“Dear Mama”
One of the most moving moments in Armistead Maupin’s brilliant Tales of the City, is when one of the main characters, Michael, comes out to his mother in a letter. His coming out at this point in the narrative is prompted by the news that his mother has joined Anita Bryant’s hateful and anti-gay “Save The Children” campaign, which was launched in the late 1970s. This is an incredibly moving…
Capote Quotes: In Cold Blood & Music For Chameleons
I’m on a Truman Capote binge lately. I’ve been re-reading a couple of his novels as well as discovering some of the ones new to me. The more of Capote’s work I read, the more I appreciate this man’s incredible writing. He truly was a literary genius but a tortured one in his private life, at least in the last few years of his life. I’ve just finished re-reading In Cold Blood and…
My Favourite Quotes
These are quotes I enjoy. They originate from various songs, movies, TV, pop culture and historical sources. Some quotes are profound, some silly, some introspective, some fun, and many are near and dear to my heart. Several of these quotes have permanently worked their way into the daily lexicon at our house over the years. This post is a work in progress and I’ll be adding more quotes here as…