“Little prigs and three-quarter madmen may have the conceit that the laws of nature are constantly broken for their sakes.” MayLittlesLawThreeBrokenSakeQuartersLaws Of NatureConceitMadmen Author:Friedrich Nietzsche
“During the last quarter of a century all the authority associated with the function of spiritual guidance ... has seeped down into the lowest publications. ... Between a poem by Valéry and an advertisement for a beauty cream promising a rich marriage to anyone who used it there was at no point a breach of continuity. So as a result of literature's spiritual usurpation a beauty cream advertisement possessed, in the eyes of little village girls, the authority that was formerly attached to the words of priests.” LittlesEyeLastsSpiritualUsedGirlLiteratureResultsRichCenturyAuthorityFunctionGuidancePriestsVillageQuartersPossessedCreamLowestNo PointContinuityPublicationAdvertisementsBreachUsurpationSpiritual GuidanceQuarter Of A Century Author:Simone Weil
“A Child will make two Dishes at an Entertainment for Friends; and when the Family dines alone, the fore or hind Quarter will makea reasonable Dish; and seasoned with a little Pepper or Salt, will be very good Boiled on the fourth Day, especially in Winter.” ChildrenLittlesTwoWinterVery GoodEntertainmentReasonableQuartersSaltFourthDishesPeppersDine Author:Jonathan Swift