“On the first Monday of the month of April, 1625, the bourg of Meung, in which the author of the Romance of the Rose was born, appeared…”
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Book Review
“1801 – I have just returned from a visit to my landlord – the solitary neighbour that I shall be troubled with. This is certainly a…”
“‘Why can’t I go to summer camp, too? It’s not fair Willow gets to go have fun and I don’t’. ‘Sorry, kiddo. It doesn’t work that way…”
“My father’s family name being Pirrip, and my christian name Philip, my infant tongue could make of both names nothing longer or more…”
“The Mole had been working very hard all the morning, spring-cleaning his little home. First with brooms, then with dusters; then on…”
“I am always drawn back to places where I have lived, the houses and their neighborhoods. For instance, there is a brownstone in the East…”
“Sun Tzu said: The art of war is of vital importance to the State. It is a matter of life and death, a road either to safety or to ruin.”
“It is difficult to know quite where to begin this story, but I have fixed my choice on a certain Wednesday at luncheon at the Vicarage.”
“The scent and smoke and sweat of a casino are nauseating at three in the morning. Then the soul-erosion produced by high gambling…”