“The enduring realization that when a great challenge comes, the most ordinary people can show that they value something more than they value their own lives. When the last of the veterans had gone, and the sorrows and bitterness which the war created had at last worn away, this memory remained.” PeopleWarShowsLastsValuesChallengesMemoriesHistoryGoneSorrowOrdinaryEndureRealizationCivil WarBitternessWornVeteranOrdinary PeopleAmerican Civil War Author:Bruce Catton
“Toyin Falola has given us what is truly rare in modern African writing: a seriously funny, racy, irreverent package of memories, and full of the most wonderful pieces of poetry and ordinary information. It is a matter of some interest, that the only other volume A Mouth Sweeter Than Salt reminds one of is Ake, by Wole Soyinka. What is it about these Yorubas?” WritingMatterGivenInterestMemoriesPiecesWonderfulModernInformationOrdinaryMouthsSaltVolumePackagesIrreverent Author:Ama Ata Aidoo
“It is reported of that prodigy of parts, Monsieur Pascal, that till the decay of his health had impaired his memory, he forgot nothing of what he had done, read, or thought, in any part of his rational age. This is a privilege so little known to most men, that it seems almost incredible to those who, after the ordinary way, measure all others by themselves; but yet, when considered, may help us to enlarge our thoughts towards greater perfections of it, in superior ranks of spirits.” MenWayMayLittlesDoneHelpingSeemsAgeSpiritMemoriesKnownGreaterOrdinaryPerfectionIncrediblesPrivilegeSuperiorsRationalDecayOur ThoughtsProdigiesPascal Book:The Philosophical Works of John Locke Source: The Philosophical Works of John Locke
“By itself, an ordinary snapshot is no less banal than the petite madeleine in Proust's In Search of Lost Time... but as goad to memory, it is often the first integer in a sequence of recollections that has the power to deny time for the sake of love.” FirstsLostMemoriesOrdinarySakeDenySequenceRecollectionSnapshotsProustLost TimePetiteMadeleinesIntegers Author:Michael Lesy