My Commonplace Blog

The alphabet was a founding technology of information. The telephone, the fax machine, the calculator, and, ultimately, the computer are on...

The synod made an ass of itself; as synods always do. It is necessary to get a lot of men together, for the show of the thing--otherwise th...

I do not think I ever opened a book in my life which had not something to say upon woman's inconstancy. Songs and proverbs, all talk of ...

[Awesomely, I've worked out how to get at my kindle notes, allowing me to turbo-charge this. I'll spare you a full backup, but I...

The young have such cheap, hard judgement J. Galsworthy, To let (1921), 545

The most truly eccentric dresser in the country is the Queen, who pays no attention whatsoever to fashion, mainstream or otherwise, continui...

In the security bred of many harmless marriages, it had been forgotten that Love is no hothouse flower, but a wild plant, born of a wet nigh...