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“Books speak to us, thoughtfully, one at a time. They demand that we briefly put aside our own beliefs and prejudices”original ↗
22 Jul 2018
from Douglas Moore’s Moorezart: “the heart’s memory eliminates the bad and magnifies the good, and that…”original ↗
22 Jul 2018
22 Jul 2018
“We have plenty of Confidence in this country, but we are a little short of good men to place our Confidence in.”original ↗
22 Jul 2018
21 Jul 2018
20 Jul 2018
In Memory: “Rightly done, this will make children long for that better world, and… willing to think about what must be initiated in order to produce the world they long for.”original ↗
19 Jul 2018
19 Jul 2018
18 Jul 2018
17 Jul 2018
17 Jul 2018
“Our memory is a more perfect world than the universe: it gives back life to those who no longer exist.”original ↗
16 Jul 2018
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27 Jun 2018
“The bosom of America is open to receive not only the Opulent and respected Stranger, but the oppressed and persecuted of all Nations and Religions…”original ↗
26 Jun 2018
“A body of men holding themselves accountable to nobody ought not to be trusted by anybody.”original ↗
26 Jun 2018
Not weak by nature, but still there are lines here, and a sentiment, I cannot help but relate to and admire: Poem without a Category, No. 7 by T’ao Yüan-mingoriginal ↗
25 Jun 2018
For my forthcoming move back to Istanbul a little something from the Book of Odes: No. 61: Who Says the River Is Wideoriginal ↗
24 Jun 2018
18 Jun 2018
Dear followers, I’m off to Istanbul very early tomorrow morning apartment hunting in my all-time favorite section of the city: Moda/Kadiköy. Will be dividing my time between Istanbul and Izmir for at least the next year as I return once again to the academic life. So bear with me as I disappear from here for a week. As usual, I travel without a computer and with my focus on the task at hand. Be well all.original ↗
17 Jun 2018
17 Jun 2018
17 Jun 2018
16 Jun 2018
16 Jun 2018
“Life is a lot more fragile than we think. So you should treat others in a way that leaves no regrets. Fairly, and if possible, sincerely.”original ↗
14 Jun 2018
14 Jun 2018
“That is part of the beauty of all literature. You discover that your longings are universal longings, that you’re not…”original ↗
11 Jun 2018
from To the Tune of “Partridge Sky” by Su Tung-p’o in way of acknowledging the rain that fell this morning in Izmiroriginal ↗
11 Jun 2018
from a line from the poem Mid-Autumn Moon by Su Tung-p’o even though it is not autumn and there’s no moon in sightoriginal ↗
8 Jun 2018
6 Jun 2018
5 Jun 2018
4 Jun 2018
“One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.”original ↗
31 May 2018
“Never was there, perhaps, more hollowness at heart than at present, and here in the United States”original ↗
31 May 2018
31 May 2018
31 May 2018
30 May 2018
Jose Saramago’s response to the question of his role as a blogger on November 25, 2008 at a press conference in Brazil.original ↗
29 May 2018
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24 May 2018
24 May 2018
22 May 2018
22 May 2018
“If animals could speak, the dog would be a blundering outspoken fellow; but the cat would have the rare grace of never saying a word too much.”original ↗
21 May 2018
21 May 2018
21 May 2018
15 May 2018
Off for the rest of the week to Istanbul and traveling without a computer, just my phone, which I refuse to use for anythng other than phonecalls & some text messaging. So I will not be back until next week. Thus, I leave this poem as my last post until then. Enjoy your days if the weather wherever you are is as lovely as here, and if not, hope you make the best of it. The poem: Gazing at the Moon from South Tower by Chiao Janoriginal ↗
15 May 2018
“Sometimes you have to be able to listen to yourself and be okay with no one else understanding.”original ↗
13 May 2018
12 May 2018