wnyc:
“I have just now come from a party where I was its life and soul; witticisms streamed from my lips, everyone laughed and admired me, but I went away - yes, the dash should be as long as the radius of the earth’s orbit ————————— and wanted to shoot myself.”
— Soren Kierkegaard (Journal Entry for March, 1836)Posting journal entries in honor of Samuel Pepys’s birthday —A.P.
i found my pepys the other day when i was organizing the bookshelf… oh, pepys.
like this quote a lot.