2/1/12
Pembroke
Nessa medida, fazer compras na Pembroke era como ler: nunca sabíamos o que íamos encontrar na página - ou prateleira, ou pilha, ou caixa - e isso contribuía para o prazer da leitura. O mesmo prazer proporcionado pelos túneis - nunca sabíamos o que nos esperava depois da curva, ao fundo da galeria seguinte.
Sam Savage, Firmin. Tradução de Sofia Gomes. Planeta.
Pete Challis & Phil Diplock - My way
Miniatures: A Sequence of Fifty-One Tiny Masterpieces Edited by Morgan Fisher (1980)
1/31/12
1/30/12
Letters of Note
W.C. Fields
Bel-Air, Calif.
September 12, 1939.
Dear Katrinka:
You must make up your own mind. If you are assured the man you are going to marry can take care of you in your old age and that is what you most desire, you should go ahead. I have given deep thought of how to protect one’s self from poverty in old age but have never found a solution. When I get an idea and analyse it thoroughly, I always find so many things can happen: The banks fail; insurance companies go on the blink; money is apt to be depreciated; stocks and bonds go to nothing; property values go so low you permit the state to sell it for delinquent taxes; nothing is certain but death.
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Letters of Note
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