Tuesday, June 29, 2021
I wish I spent less time worrying.
— Lily's answer to the joke question painted on a shell, "What did the pirate say on his eightieth birthday?"
Monday, June 28, 2021
Page 178 of 178
— Word document
Sunday, June 27, 2021
I believe they have more than two eyes.
— Kid on horseshoe crabs
Saturday, June 26, 2021
Not a junk cone.
— Emily
Friday, June 25, 2021
From the Nile he extracts a salted, imported Black Sea herring.
— Stacy Schiff, Cleopatra
Thursday, June 24, 2021
Fresh Handmade Spaghetti in a Bag
— Menu
Wednesday, June 23, 2021
During the illness, she said, she had "Genuine revelations of the Will of God." She believed she had died and was reborn as the Publick Universal Friend. No longer would she use the name Jemima Wilkinson.
— Jemima Wilkinson exhibit wall text
Tuesday, June 22, 2021
History belongs to the eloquent.
— Stacy Schiff, Cleopatra
Monday, June 21, 2021
Even in Cleopatra's day there was such a thing as ancient history... At the same time, the centuries felt closer than they do to us today. Alexander the Great was further from Cleopatra than 1776 is to our century, yet Alexander remained always vividly, urgently present. While 1,120 years separated Cleopatra from the greatest story of her time, the fall of Troy remained a steadfast point of reference. The past was at all times within reach, a nearly religious awe aimed in its direction. This was especially true in Egypt, which had a passion for history, and which for two millennia already had kept a written record. For the bulk of those years the insular, inaccessible country had changed little, its art barely at all.
— Stacy Schiff, Cleopatra
Sunday, June 20, 2021
What music do you listen to?
— Kevin to Dad
Saturday, June 19, 2021
Like Mark Twain in the overwhelming, overstuffed Vatican, we sometimes prefer the copies to the origional. So did the classical authors.
— Stacy Schiff, Cleopatra
Friday, June 18, 2021
You little humm dinger you.
— Sheila half joking half serious on my youth
Thursday, June 17, 2021
from The Wedding as a Funeral series
— Saul Leiter wall text at the Jewish Museum
Wednesday, June 16, 2021
Back at the office, Drake had to lay down the law. "Mr. President, you can't sign everything people put in front of you. I've been told by the Secret Service you may not sign your name on a piece of currency. It's against the law."
— Bob Spitz, Reagan
Tuesday, June 15, 2021
A few months back my house was robbed and they took my copy of your 192 One Dollar Bills book.
— Email
Monday, June 14, 2021
So each time the plane took off, Nancy Reagan bowled an orange down the isle, trying not to hit any of the seats, while the cabin cheered her on.
— Bob Spitz, Reagan
Sunday, June 13, 2021
He had a framework that enabled him to answer questions, even when he didn't know much about the details.
— Bob Spitz, Reagan
Saturday, June 12, 2021
This is the other half they don't show you on TV.
— Massage Envy guy on painful deep tissue massages
Friday, June 11, 2021
Maybe every bird just goes and dies in Canada.
— Lily wondering where all the dead birds are
Thursday, June 10, 2021
NORMALIZE PURE INDIVIDUALISM BY VIEWING GESTURES OF COMMONALITY AS ERASURES OF DIFFERENCE
— @bradtroemel