A - D - A VERSA EST IN LUCTUM CITHARA MEA, ET CANTUS MEUS IN VOCEM FLENTIUM

8 NOVEMBER 2016

ASHAMED

DEPRESSED

AFRAID

Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide,

In the strife of Truth with Falsehood, for the good or evil side;

Some great cause, God’s new Messiah, offering each the bloom or blight,

Parts the goats upon the left hand, and the sheep upon the right,

And the choice goes by forever ’twixt that darkness and that light.

Hast thou chosen, O my people, on whose party thou shalt stand,

Ere the Doom from its worn sandals shakes the dust against our land?

Though the cause of Evil prosper, yet ’tis Truth alone is strong,

And, albeit she wander outcast now, I see around her throng

Troops of beautiful, tall angels, to enshield her from all wrong. J, R. Lowell          TRUE FOR TRUMP - TRUE FOR BREXIT

Phrases et Mots Français

                            FRENCH WORDS AND PHRASES I LIKE

Business Man – l’homme d’affaries

Method of operation   - mode d’emploi

Distinguished man – eminence gris

Legibility – lisibileté

The story – L’histoire

Car – voiture

Match – allumette

Pour my heart in you – couler mon coeur en vous...

                 BELIEF - Croyance


                              PLUS DE MOTS


The Right Word - Le mot juste

Behind  - derrière  (I like  sound)

Oblivion - L'oubli

Réflexions de Modiano

THE BLACK NOTEBOOK



"Do we have the right to judge the people we love? If we love them , it's for a reason, and that reason prevents us from judging them --- doesn't it?"

GLEENINGS - MODIANO

"the way we tend not to write down the most intimate details of our lives, for fear that, once fixed on paper, they'll no longer be ours."


"The past? No, it's not about the past, but about episodes in a timeless, idealized life, which I wrest page by page from my drab current existence to give it some light and shadow."


"Everything blends together, as in that empty room where, every night, a light shines."


"It has taken me almost an entire lifetime to return to my point of departure."


" 'We counted for so little in his life.' "

NANTUCKET - FLOTSAM

ROCKS AND SHELLS

LIVRES

"LE LIVRES SONT MES COMPAGNONS ET LA JOIE DE MY VIE."

THOUGHTS GLEANED FROM WALTER BENJAMIN - II

Benjamin Notebook

"...a doleful song streamed from forth from his mouth, reverberating from the mountain with a thousand sobs. 'Red of the morning, red of the morning lights the path to an early death.'"

"Morgenrot, Morgenrot, leuchtest mir zum fruhenmTod"

The Hypochondriac in the Landscape...