Golf… is the infallible test. The man who can go into a patch of rough alone, with the knowledge that only God is watching him, and play his ball where it lies, is the man who will serve you faithfully and well. – P. G. Wodehouse Category: alone
To stand up on a stage alone with an acoustic guitar requires bravery bordering on heroism. Bordering on insanity. – Richard Thompson Category: alone
Thou hast the keys of Paradise, oh, just, subtle, and mighty opium! – Thomas De Quincey, Confessions of an English Opium-Eater, Part II Category: Drugs
The big journals and Nobel laureates are the equivalent of Congressional leaders in science journalism. – Michael Pollan Category: Science
Find beauty not only in the thing itself but in the pattern of the shadows, the light and dark which that thing provides. – Junichiro Tanizaki Category: Beauty
