"I hold any writer sufficiently justified who is himself in love with his theme." -- Henry James
Saturday, September 3, 2011
Daily Dose
From Purely for Pleasure, by Margaret Lane
DISGRACE
"The disgrace of the potato is a modern phenomenon, un-thought of a hundred years ago, when nearly everyone, man, wife and maiden aunt, was stout at forty."
I can;t tell you how many times that very thought has crossed my mind.
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