Friday Frolic
Aside
If you are of an age where heart, strokes and BP problems loom, do read Kenju’s post (Side bar) ‘It was August 17th 2007’ . It is the post on Sunday August 17th 2008. I have just been reading it aloud to MTL and I think men particularly should read it.
Granddaughters A and F have both done well in O levels, or whatever they are nowadays, so they can relax and enjoy the rest of the summer; we glimpsed it briefly on Tuesday in Watchet.
Whilst browsing I came across the following quotes: all from the same writer. Guess who?
‘Before the war, and especially before the Boer War, it was summer all year round.’
‘If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face – for ever.’
‘It is brought home to you…that it is only because miners sweat their guts out that superior persons can remain superior.’
‘Most people get a fair amount of fun out of their lives, but on balance life is suffering and only the very young or the very foolish imagine otherwise.’
‘At 50, everyone has the face he deserves.’
‘As with the Christian religion, the worst advertisement for Socialism is its adherents’
‘Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play…’
No this is just too sour and embittered, especially, whilst the Olympics are taking place. I have only a hazy knowledge of this writer and his/ her work. I’d like to know what caused this dyspeptic outlook on life. Or were they born disillusioned? With three books lined up to be read - feel free to enlighten me.
No it isn’t VirginiaWoolf – she wrote :’My own brain is to me the most unaccountable of machinery - always buzzing, humming, soaring roaring diving, and then buried in mud. And why? What's this passion for?’