Thanks, Elizabeth. That line! I had read the play three times over the years, but it wan't until an interview with Dame Hermione Lee (biographer of Stoppard) on NPR that that particular line struck me. How simple and beautiful and poignant. Doesn't it just capture so much?
When I think about it, it’s kind of everything. Then again, I spent a lot of years just going along with what I was taught to be true. So I’ve got some catching up to do on the digging deeper. 😌
Like Bushby, My friends and I biking through Europe and North Africa found that most people are helpful and generous. When considering nationality, religion, ethnicity and the other characteristics that can define us, one fellow my friend Jon met in Morocco summed it up, "There are good people and bad people all over the world."
Is it possible to be in love with a quote? Love at first sight, even?
"It’s the wanting to know that makes us matter. Otherwise we go out the way we came in."
I've leaned into curiosity for more than a year now. I'm trying to figure out if there's any reason to choose anything else.
Loved how you tied all these lives into one story, Stew, and the glow of inspiration their tenacity leaves behind.
Thanks, Elizabeth. That line! I had read the play three times over the years, but it wan't until an interview with Dame Hermione Lee (biographer of Stoppard) on NPR that that particular line struck me. How simple and beautiful and poignant. Doesn't it just capture so much?
When I think about it, it’s kind of everything. Then again, I spent a lot of years just going along with what I was taught to be true. So I’ve got some catching up to do on the digging deeper. 😌
Such a great read--and a truly remarkable juxtaposition of characters!!
Like Bushby, My friends and I biking through Europe and North Africa found that most people are helpful and generous. When considering nationality, religion, ethnicity and the other characteristics that can define us, one fellow my friend Jon met in Morocco summed it up, "There are good people and bad people all over the world."