February 26, 2014

Good Morning!

Today is the birthday (sort of) of Christopher Marlowe (1564 – 1593; baptised on this day) who said:

“Where both deliberate, the love is slight; Who ever loved, that loved not at first sight?”

and

“Come live with me and be my love,

And we will all the pleasures prove.”

It is also the birthday of Victor Hugo (1802 – 1885) who said:

“Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent.”

and

“He never went out without a book under his arm, and he often came back with two.”

and

“Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise.”

and

“The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved -- loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves.”

and

“Laughter is sunshine, it chases winter from the human face.”

and

“To love or have loved, that is enough. Ask nothing further. There is no other pearl to be found in the dark folds of life.”

Happy Birthday to Theodore Sturgeon (1918 – 1985) who said:

“Science fiction, outside of poetry, is the only literary field which has no limits, no parameters whatsoever.”

and

“Basically, fiction is people. You can't write fiction about ideas.”

A very special birthday tip of the hat to Johnny Cash (1932 -2003) who said:

“I wore black because I liked it. I still do, and wearing it still means something to me. It's still my symbol of rebellion -- against a stagnant status quo, …, against people whose minds are closed to others' ideas.”

and

“You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone. Close the door on the past. You don't try to forget the mistakes, but you don't dwell on it. You don't let it have any of your energy, or any of your time, or any of your space.”

and

“I wear the black for the poor and the beaten down,

Livin' in the hopeless, hungry side of town,

I wear it for the prisoner who has long paid for his crime,

But is there because he's a victim of the times.

I wear the black for those who never read”

Finally, it is the birthday of Michel Houellebecq (1956 - ) who said:

“Those who love life do not read. Nor do they go to the movies, actually. No matter what might be said, access to the artistic universe is more or less entirely the preserve of those who are a little fed up with the world.”