Civilization is perhaps approaching one of those long winters that overtake it from time to time. Romantic Christendom - picturesque, passionate, unhappy… — George Santayana Copy Share Image
“Empire as located its existence not in the smooth recurrent spinning time of the cycle of the seasons but in the jagged… — J.M. Coetzee Copy Share Image
“How do you turn catastrophe into art? Nowadays the process is automatic. A nuclear plant explodes? We'll have a play on the… — Julian Barnes Copy Share Image
