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Two years of commuting & piles of Les Mi …

Arif — Wed, 12 Nov 2014 05:03:52 +0000

Two years of commuting & piles of Les Miserables volumes. End note https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/543223611

Arif — Thu, 09 Oct 2014 14:02:57 +0000

“Some of their finds were singular; among others, the skeleton of an ourang-outan, who had disappeared from the Jardin des Plantes in 1800″

Arif — Wed, 24 Sep 2014 03:29:25 +0000

Barricade in Paris’ arrondissements. Revolt! [in this chapter of Book 5th] #pic

Arif — Tue, 16 Sep 2014 11:38:35 +0000

“…it is an old law of envy & hatred which is being carried out; genius attracts insult, great men are always more or less barked at.”

Arif — Tue, 16 Sep 2014 10:54:53 +0000

“The light of torches resembles the wisdom of cowards; it gives a bad light because it trembles”

Arif — Thu, 10 Apr 2014 11:35:30 +0000

Savages of the civilization –can you imagine– demanded light with the mask of night

Arif — Mon, 27 Jan 2014 23:48:04 +0000

Pamuk speaks of hüzün in equally romantic air of melancholy as Coelho’s zahir. Looking east on a ground of the west

Arif — Tue, 21 Jan 2014 15:06:49 +0000

“…it was the Parisian nose, that is to say, spiritual, delicate, irregular, pure,—which drives painters to despair, & charms poets”

Arif — Tue, 21 Jan 2014 13:50:54 +0000

“..it annoys him, a wealthy man can, without any particular trouble, do as well, if not better, than he who has devoted all his life to it”

Arif — Fri, 17 Jan 2014 13:40:02 +0000

“He was soon aware that there was springing up in his heart a desire for desires—ennui” [Alexey regained conciousness]