In A Jar

Oct 7

“Sono sempre stati d’animo di breve durata a sollecitare risoluzioni definitive.” Marcel Proust, All’ombra delle fanciulle in fiore (“Intorno a Madame Swann)

Oct 6

“E poi la cura non può essere la stessa per voi e per un individuo qualunque. Tre quarti delle malattie delle persone intelligenti vengono dalla loro intelligenza. Ci vuole, quanto meno, un medico che conosca quel male.” Bergotte (Marcel Proust, All’ombra delle fanciulle in fiore, “Intorno a Madam Swann”)

Sep 27

“Ammiravo l’impotenza dell’intelletto, del raziocinio e del cuore a operare la sia pur minima conversione, a risolvere una sola delle difficoltà che poi la vita, senza che nemmeno si capisca come ha fatto, appiana così facilmente.” Marcel Proust, All’ombra delle fanciulle in fiore, “Intorno a Madame Swann”

Sep 17

“When I was a child, my parents and teachers told me about a man who was very strong. They told me he could destroy the whole world. They told me he could lift mountains. They told me he could part the sea. It was important to keep the man happy.happy. When we obeyed what the man had commanded, the man liked us. He liked us so much that he killed anyone who didn’t like us. But when we didn’t obey what he had commanded, he didn’t like us. He hated us. Some days he hated us so much, he killed us; other days he let other people kill us. We call these days “holidays.” Shalom Auslander, Foreskin’s Lament (ch. 1)

“This is the term we’ve been using lately: “theological abuse”. It involves adults, known or unknown to the underage victim, telling them a Lunatic runs the world, that He’s spying on them, that He’s waiting for them to break a rule.” Shalom Auslander, Foreskin’s Lament (ch. 8)

Sep 16

Seinfeld, “The Shoes” (s4e16)

Sep 12

Louie, “Pilot” (1x01)

Aug 6

“Employers are like horses. They require managing. Some gentlemen’s personal gentlemen have the knack of managing them, some have not. I, I am happy to say, have no cause for complaint.” Jeeves (P.G. Wodehouse, “Bertie Changes His Mind”)

Aug 2

“She looked at me in rather a rummy way. It was a nasty look. It made me feel as if I were something the dog had brought in and intended to bury later on, when he had time.” Bertie Wooster (P.G. Wodehouse, “The Aunt and the Sluggard”)

Aug 1

“There’s no escaping it, […] the way you look defines who you are. You might argue for your soul or your heart, but everyone else in the world will judge you on your big nose or your weak chin. Six billion people could be wrong, but you’ll never get them to admit it.” Mr. Hythloday (Paul Murray, An Evening of Long Goodbyes, ch. 2)

In A Jar

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