“Neither mine nor other people's prospects seem particularly pleasing just at the moment, and I have fantasies of going to Iceland, never to return. As it is, I tell myself not to remember the past, not to hope or fear for the future, and not to think in the present, a comprehensive program that will undoubtedly have very little success.” PeopleThinkingLittlesMomentsSeemsPastRememberFantasyMinesReturnProgramComprehensiveProspectsRemembering The PastIceland Author:Edward Gorey
“A small and sinister snow seems to be coming down relentlessly at present. The radio says it is eventually going to be sleet and rain, but I don't think so; I think it is just going to go on and on, coming down, until the whole world...etc. It has that look.” ThinkingWorldLooksWholeSeemsGoes OnRainRadioWhole WorldSnowEtcSinisterSleet Author:Edward Gorey
“If I do not seem to be mentioning anything I’ve read lately, it is because I am in one of those periods of undifferentiated flux or something in which I am reading about fifty, at a minimum, books at once, so of course I seldom finish one. Eventually this phase will pass, and I’ll discover I have about ten pages to go in all of them, and will sit down and systematically finish them, one after another.” IfsBookSeemsCoursesReadingPeriodsTenPagesDown AndFiftyPhasesMinimumFlux Author:Edward Gorey