“Principles are like prayers; noble, of course, but awkward at a party.”
Kyle Thomas Hemingway: The ephemera edit
An ongoing digital archive of 1,399 items (and counting) proving that I read, I saw, and I actually paid attention.
Collection
Paul Giamatti
-
-
“Rosamund has no interest in French. If she wishes to be understood by a foreigner, she shouts.”
-
Curtain call at Rhinoceros -
“My favourite haunt if it weren’t for the prices. The last time I dined there, I asked for the bill and a pistol.”
-
“There’s nothing new in human experience, Mr. Tully. Each generation thinks it invented debauchery or suffering or rebellion, but man’s every impulse and appetite from the disgusting to the sublime is on display right here all around you. So, before you dismiss something as boring or irrelevant, remember, if you truly want to understand the present or yourself, you must begin in the past. You see, history is not simply the study of the past. It is an explanation of the present.”
