“When evening quickens in the street, comes a pause in the day's occupation that is known as the cocktail hour. It marks the lifeward turn. The heart wakens from coma and its dyspnea ends. Its strengthening pulse is to cross over into campground, to believe that the world has not been altogether lost or, if lost, then not altogether in vain.” IfsWorldBelieveHeartEndsTurnsLostHoursKnownStreetsFoodCrossesMarkCookingEveningVainCulinaryOccupationPausesPulseCocktailsStrengtheningComa Author:Bernard DeVoto
“New England is a finished place. Its destiny is that of Florence or Venice, not Milan while the American empire careens onward toward its unpredicted end. . . . It is the first American section to be finished to achieve stability in the conditions of its life. It is the first old civilization, the first permanent civilization in America.” LifeFirstsEndsAmericaDestinyAchieveConditionsCivilizationEnglandFinishedPermanentEmpiresStabilitySectionsVeniceNew EnglandFlorenceMilanAmerican Empire Author:Bernard DeVoto
