#bookwormsat — Public Fediverse posts
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"To the composition of novels and romances, nothing is necessary but paper, pens and ink, with the manual capacity of using them."
- Henry Fielding, 'Tom Jones'
(Oh, if only it were so!)
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"I was the type who looked at discussions of What Is Truth only with a view toward correcting the manuscript. If you were to quote 'I am that I am,' for example, I thought that the fundamental problem was where to put the comma."
- Umberto Eco, "Foucault's Pendulum"
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"There is only one principle in Hell. Bring back food or be food yourself." - C S Lewis, 'The Screwtape Letters' #BookWormSat #CSLewis #demonology #BookChatWeekly (I had to repost this because a Renaissance painting of Hell was AdultContent-ed. *sigh* So here's 'Calvin In Hell' by Heemskerck)
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Since we're in a 16th century frame of mind thanks to #BookWormSat, my weird picture of the day is one of Fabrizio Riccardi's illustrations for Rabelais' 'Pantagruel'. Riccardi is a contemporary Italian #surrealist. #weird #weirdart #surrealism #ItalianArt #artsky #Rabelais