“The Big Nurse tends to get real put out if something keeps her outfit from running like a smooth, accurate, precision-made machine. The slightest thing messy or out of kilter or in the way ties her into a little white knot of tight-smiled fury. She walks around with that same doll smile crimped between herContinue reading “RKS 2023 Literature: The Tight-Smiled Fury of Big Nurse (Ken Kesey)”
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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 2023 Literature: The Great Mr. Dombey (Charles Dickens)
“Towards his first wife, Mr. Dombey, in his cold and lofty arrogance, had borne himself like the removed being he almost conceived himself to be. He had been “Mr. Dombey” with her when she first saw him, and he was “Mr. Dombey” when she died. He had asserted his greatness during their married life, andContinue reading “RKS 2023 Literature: The Great Mr. Dombey (Charles Dickens)”
RKS 2023 Literature: The Great Mr. Dombey (Charles Dickens)
“Towards his first wife, Mr. Dombey, in his cold and lofty arrogance, had borne himself like the removed being he almost conceived himself to be. He had been “Mr. Dombey” with her when she first saw him, and he was “Mr. Dombey” when she died. He had asserted his greatness during their married life, andContinue reading “RKS 2023 Literature: The Great Mr. Dombey (Charles Dickens)”
RKS 2023 Literature: The Appropriate Marriage (Charles Dickens)
“You to marry a second time without family! You to marry without beauty! You to marry without dignity! You to marry without connection! There is nobody in the world, not mad, who could dream of daring to entertain such a preposterous idea”! “Dombey and Son”, “Charles Dickens
RKS 2023 Literature: The Awkwardness of Nakedness
“The Awkwardness with which nakedness is usually accompanied depends on the awareness of our defenseless whiteness, which has since lost all connection with the colours of the surrounding world and for that reason finds itself in artificial disharmony with it. But the sun’s impact restores the deficiency, makes us equal in our naked rights withContinue reading “RKS 2023 Literature: The Awkwardness of Nakedness”
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