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Alice Glass had been Lyndon Johnson’s mistress for more than three years, in a passionate love affair of which Marsh, patronizing and paternalistic toward the young Congressman, was unaware. (In 1939, the publisher had helped Johnson financially by selling him land in Austin at a giveaway price. In 1940, he offered Johnson an oil deal that would ha
... See moreRobert A. Caro • Means of Ascent: The Years of Lyndon Johnson II
Joseph Addison, a 17th-century English essayist who said there are “three grand essentials of happiness: something to do, someone to love, and something to hope for.”
IN THE COMPANY OF FRIENDS In a perfect Friendship . . . each member of the circle feels, in his secret heart, humbled before all the rest. Sometimes he wonders what he is doing there among his betters. He is lucky beyond desert to be in such company. Especially when the whole group is together, each bringing out all that is best, wisest, or funnies
... See moreC. S. Lewis • The C. S. Lewis Bible: For Reading, Reflection, and Inspiration
The great works of past ages seem to a young man things of another race, in respect to which his faculties must remain passive and submiss, even as to the stars and mountains. But the writings of a contemporary, perhaps not many years older than himself, surrounded by the same circumstances, and disciplined by the same manners, possess a reality fo
... See moreSamuel Taylor Coleridge • Biographia Literaria
ambitious young man of thirty-seven with a high forehead, thick,