Quote 11: Nelson Mandela

A life well spent. That’s what people call a thriving young man who has a good job (which means he has a car and a house he can call his own (20 years in the making because of paying off the loan)) a beautiful wife (sanctioned by the society which means that she should be …

Quote 10: Pope John XXIII

An age old adage and An older solemn man Gushing proverbs And hackneyed Stories. Bustling fire, Around them folks Of across the Towns sit. Muttering discomfort And lack of downs To comfort the Aching behinds, But they sit. The older man, with A trembling jaw, And an incomprehensible Tongue, had an Audience Of close to …

Battle of Wills

There was a padlock that harassed him a lot at his library. The attendant who locked it for the day was always very meticulous about the manner of his locking the door. The door in question lead to the lending section and was located on the first floor landing of the 4 floor library. He …

Quote 9: Paul Valery

I can swing this in my writing direction and make it a metaphor for my failed state as a writer, but I’ve decided that this post won’t be another writing whine. Cooking. It’s the first thing that came in my mind when I read this quote. I don’t cook, but I’ve had enough girls (my …

Quote 8: Alexandra David-Neel

I’ll take this by its horns. I usually don’t. I look for subterfuge to escape things so that I don’t have to make an assessment or a judgement call. At least till it’s not really imperative that I do. My writing life has been the very definition of lackadaisical. These quotes that I work on? …

New Age Battle

The distinct vibrations Wake us up, And we stretch and Shove to shut it Down. There was a time When a clock Chimed or clanged, Depending on the sire’s Needs, to do the job. The mighty, two headed, Alarm clock was Beaten to death by a new Omnipresent device. A humble start, A never ending …