Maybe ever’body in the whole damn world is scared of each other.

If you take care of your mind, you take care of the world.

No one saves an e-mail, because it's so inherently impersonal. I worry about posterity in general. All the great love letters - from Simone de Beauvoir to Sartre, from Samuel Clemens to his wife, Olivia - I don't know, I always think about what will be lost -

Naguib Mahfouz’s Palace Walk, set in Cairo, a

As they clean the walls with wet cloths and sponges, they uncover the earlier paints, most prevalent a stark blue that must have been inspired by Mary's blue robes. Renaissance painters could get that rare color only from ground lapis lazuli brought from quarries in what is now Afghanistan.

The Only Thing More Surprising Than the Chance She's Taking...Is Where It's Taking Her!

Frances Mayes

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