The cynic and the mystic

Wednesday, March 26th, 2008

Two thoughts ~
The first from the incomparable Evelyn Waugh:

The imperious young Waugh catches you with his gimlet gaze
I do not think I shall ever forget the sight of Etna at sunset; the mountain almost invisible in a blur of pastel grey, glowing on the top and then repeating its shape, as though reflected, in a [...]