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© 2005 by John Varley; all rights reserved

 

 

 

 
 
 

 

 

May 15, 2005

 

When the poet Paul Valery once asked Einstein if he kept a notebook to record his ideas, Einstein looked at him with mild but genuine surprise. "Oh, that's not necessary," he replied. "It's so seldom I have one."

 

Bill Bryson's A SHORT HISTORY OF NEARLY EVERYTHING (page 123)

 

 
 

May 16, 2005

 

In America, anybody can be president; that's one of the risks you take.

Adlai Stevenson
 

 
 

May 17, 2005

 

Behind every great fortune there is a crime.

Honore de Balzac
 

 
 

May 18 2005

 

My love flew like a butterfly,
Until death swooped down like a bat,
As the poet Emma Montana McElroy said,
"That's the end of that."
 

Lemony Snicket
 

 

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