“You've got to bear it in mind that nobody that ever lived is specially privileged; the axe can fall at any moment, on any neck, without any warning or any regard for justice.” MindMomentsFallJusticeRiskBearsRegardNecksWarningPrivileged Book:A Death in the Family Source: A Death in the Family
“Eating at a new, highly recommended restaurant is like a Very Important Blind Date, a contract with uncertainty you enter into with great expectation battling the cynicism of experience. You sit waiting, wondering about the upcoming moments of revelation. Somewhere in the back of your head is the dour warning that disappointment is inevitable but you don't really believe it or you wouldn't be there. The best eaters are always optimists.” BelieveImportantMomentsWaitingWonderFoodEatingExpectationsBlindCookingDisappointmentInevitableUncertaintyRestaurantsRevelationsCulinaryContractsWarningCynicismOptimistGreat ExpectationsBlind Date Author:Stuart Stevens
“The Crucible became by far my most frequently produced play, both abroad and at home. Its meaning is somewhat different in different places and moments. I can almost tell what the political situation in a country is when the play is suddenly a hit there it is either a warning of tyranny on the way or a reminder of tyranny just past.” WayI CanDifferentCountryPlayMomentsHomePastPoliticalSituationTyrannyWarningRemindersDifferent PlaceCrucible Book:The Crucible Source: The Crucible
“Even death after a long illness is without warning. The moment you had prepared for so carefully took you by storm. The troops broke through the window and snatched the body and the body is gone. ... Death reduces us to the baffled logic of a small child. If yesterday why not today?” IfsChildrenLongMomentsBodyTodayDeathGoneWindowLogicPreparedIllnessStormYesterdayBrokeWhy NotWarningTroopsSmall ChildBaffled Author:Jeanette Winterson