"Autobiographies of great nations are written in three manuscripts – a book of deeds, a book of words, and a book of art. Of the three, I would choose the latter as truest testimony." - Sir Kenneth Smith, Great Civilisations

"I must write each day without fail, not so much for the success of the work, as in order not to get out of my routine." - Leo Tolstoy

I have never believed that one should wait until one is inspired because I think the pleasures of not writing are so great that if you ever start indulging them you will never write again. - John Updike

"The life of every man is a diary in which he means to write one story, and writes another; and his humblest hour is when he compares the volume as it is with what he vowed to make it." - J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan

Poetry is the shadow cast by our streetlight imaginations." - Lawrence Ferlinghetti


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Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Lewis Carroll - Christmas Greeting


Lady, dear, if Fairies may
      For a moment lay aside
Cunning tricks and elfish play,
      'Tis at happy Christmas-tide. 

We have heard the children say –
      Gentle children, whom we love –
Long ago on Christmas Day,
      Came a message from above, 

Still, as Christmas-tide comes round,
      They remember it again –
Echo still the joyful sound
      "Peace on earth, good-will to men!" 

Yet the hearts must childlike be
      Where such heavenly guests abide;
Unto children, in their glee,
      All the year is Christmas-tide! 

Thus, forgetting tricks and play
      For a moment, Lady dear,
We would wish you, if we may,
      Merry Christmas, Glad New Year!

Lewis Carroll


 
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