Saturday, January 3, 2015
Daily Dose
From Four Major Plays, by Henrik Ibsen, translated by Rolf Fjelde
THE CHANGE
"The change is coming. I can sense it. And I feel that it's coming closer. Someone or other will set up the cry: Step back for me! And all the others will storm in after, shaking their fists and shouting: Make room -- make room -- make room! Yes, Doctor, you better look out. Someday youth will come here, knocking at the door --"
From The Master Builder, Act One, Solness
Friday, January 2, 2015
Daily Dose
FLATTERER
"'And you keep reading...' she began, ingratiatingly, evidently wishing to flatter him."
From The Story of an Unknown Man, Chapter V
Thursday, January 1, 2015
Daily Dose
From The Diary of Samuel PepysTO-DAY
"I rose to-day without any pain, which makes me think that my pain yesterday was nothing but from my drinking too much the day before."
From the 11th of August, 1660
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