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the basis of that most profound expression of the American psyche, the game of baseball, a game whose object is to leave home in order to return to it again, transformed by the time spent circling the bases. And that famous shortstop Odysseus also played this game, propelled around the world by the same dream, of returning home in the end, transfor
... See moreAlan Lew • This Is Real and You Are Completely Unprepared: The Days of Awe as a Journey of Transformation
Mais Homère a encore un tableau à peindre : les adieux d’Hector à Andromaque. Le guerrier s’arrache aux bras de sa femme et entend la fameuse question antique : faut-il sacrifier le bonheur d’une vie mesurée sur l’autel de la gloire ?
Sylvain Tesson • Un été avec Homère (French Edition)
Emerson
Walter Briggs • 1 card
‘What reason could the miserable creature have for hating a man whom he had nothing to do with?’ said Mrs Garth. ‘Pooh! where’s the use of asking for such fellows’ reasons? The soul of man,’ said Caleb, with the deep tone and grave shake of the head which always came when he used this phrase – ‘the soul of man, when it gets fairly rotten, will bear
... See moreGeorge Eliot • Middlemarch
metaphors
Alex Dobrenko • 1 card
Romantic Poetry
“Loo dee doo, Mr. Rumfoord,” he
Kurt Vonnegut • The Sirens of Titan
📜History
Benji • 3 cards