poets advice May 20, 2014 by Kirk Peterson Whenever you think or you believe or you know, you’re a lot of other people: but the moment you feel, you’re nobody-but-yourself. — e.e. cummings
Samuel Langhorne Clemens December 01, 2013 by Kirk Peterson “Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one’s lifetime.” — Samuel Langhorne Clemens - "The Innocents Abroad/Roughing It"
Naguib Mahfouz November 29, 2013 by Kirk Peterson It’s a most distressing affliction to have a sentimental heart and a skeptical mind. — Naguib Mahfouz "Sugar Street"
Salinger Three Stories November 29, 2013 by Kirk Peterson His face got triumphant — the way Kenneth’s face got triumphant; without implications of his having defeated or outdrawn anybody. The ocean was terrible now. It was full of bowling balls. — J.D. Salinger "The Ocean Full of Bowling Balls"
Haruki Murakami November 22, 2013 by Kirk Peterson I feel like I’ve swallowed a cloudy sky — Haruki Murakami