Thomas Carlyle

Culture is the process by which a person becomes all that they were created capable of being.

Do the duty which lies nearest to you, the second duty will then become clearer.

Egotism is the source and summary of all faults and miseries.

Las Vegas is the expression, in glitter and concrete, of America's brittle and mutating id.

It's an ear job, not an eye job.

I read less of everything now. With only fond memories of others' work, it will be interesting to give my own journal writing a try now.