“It’s like we used to say in church, and its still true-the sinner can’t be saved unless he knows he is a sinner. And you surrounded by junkies child. This is a nation of sleepwalkers, and they can’t wake up” She reaches out, and touches Tony’s face, lightly. “And death comes baby, that’s all. It’sContinue reading “RKS Literature: “Surrounded By Junkies and Sleepwalkers” (James Baldwin)”
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RKS Literature: The Particularly Nasty British Press (Balzac)
“Whenever you see the press out for the blood of some powerful figure, you will not be far wrong in concluding that behind the attacks there is the story of a refusal to pay or to render some service or other. Blackmail arising out of their private lives is the special terror of rich EnglishmenContinue reading “RKS Literature: The Particularly Nasty British Press (Balzac)”
RKS 2023 Literature: What is True Love? (Balzac)
“True love is in many ways like childhood; it has the same heedless, careless dissipation of energies and the child’s ready laughter and ready tears.” Honoré de Balzac, “Lost Illusions”
RKS Literature: The Cold Blade of a Journalist (Balzac)
“He savoured one of the secret and the keenest pleasures known to the journalist- that of sharpening his epigrams, whetting the cold blade that will find its mark in the heart of the victim, and decorating the pommel for the benefit of the reader. The public admires the clever workmanship of that sword and hasContinue reading “RKS Literature: The Cold Blade of a Journalist (Balzac)”
RKS Literature: Conscience as a Stick (Balzac)
“Conscience, my friend, is a stick we all keep to beat our neighbours with, but never apply to ourselves.” Honoré de Balzac, “Lost Illusions”
RKS Literature: Dangers Facing the Lonely Intellectual (Balzac)
“His shop is a very good place to go to; you can talk to all great men of the day there. There, my dear fellow, a young man can learn more in an hour than by growing pale over books for 10 years. People discuss articles, and concoct subjects, and get to know famous andContinue reading “RKS Literature: Dangers Facing the Lonely Intellectual (Balzac)”
Dylan the Westie from the Land Beyond: On the Concept of Closure: Dylan Has a Good Chuckle!
Hello. You may remember me. I am a West Highland Terrier who died on July 13 just short of 15 years of age. I spent 40 days on earth before my soul or whatever you want to call it went to The Land Beyond. You humans talk about “closure” after the death of a pet.Continue reading “Dylan the Westie from the Land Beyond: On the Concept of Closure: Dylan Has a Good Chuckle!”
RKS Literature: Snubbed by the Parisian Aristocracy (Balzac)
“It was one thing to be despised by the country families of Angoulême, quite another by the aristocracy of Paris; by going out of their way on insult Lucien, the booby-squires had admitted his importance and treated him as a man: but for Mme d’Espard he simply did not exist. This was not a sentence,Continue reading “RKS Literature: Snubbed by the Parisian Aristocracy (Balzac)”
RKS Poetry: “We the Nothing”
We The Nothing We the nothing make our febrile donations to the noble causesnot receiving any notable media recognition pauses Our dollars and euros fall into the bottomless charitable pitbut those charitable foundations governed by the “foundation board of directors” kneel in front of the capitalist big buck…Branson…Musk…crypto kings..entertainment idols (not fleeced by their accountants)ForContinue reading “RKS Poetry: “We the Nothing””
RKS Literature: The Warm Glow of Paris (Balzac)
“I will pick you up in my carriage, and we shall soon be in Paris. There, my dear, is the only life for superior people. We are only at ease among our peers; in any other society one suffers. Besides, Paris is the intellectual capital of the world, the stage of your success: cover quicklyContinue reading “RKS Literature: The Warm Glow of Paris (Balzac)”
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