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“Stanton’s grief was uncontrollable,” recalled Horace Porter, “and at the mention of Mr. Lincoln’s name he would break down and weep bitterly.”
Doris Kearns Goodwin • Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
Perhaps the most thoroughly brilliant and typical man of this decade is Mr. Bernard Shaw.
G. K. Chesterton • The G. K. Chesterton Collection [50 Books]
I’m inspired by Hunter S. Thompson’s (idealized) breakfast routine, but without the drugs; once a day, he’d spend ~2 hours to sync up with all his responsibilities, but the majority of his day was in unpredictable creative divergence.
Patrick Walker
@patrickwalker
I imagine, in other words, that the notebook is about other people. But of course it is not. I have no real business with what one stranger said to another at the hatcheck counter in Pavillon; in fact I suspect that the line “That’s my old football number” touched not my own imagination at all, but merely some memory of something once read, probabl
... See moreJoan Didion • On Keeping a Notebook - Joan Didion
and Eric is crazy.
Eric Rice • For Young Men Only
There’s no way to fathom how much of this had passed through his mind that day, but on his way off the platform Flagler placed a hand on Parrott’s shoulder and whispered, “Now I can die happy. My dream is fulfilled.”