Beers & Books CXXXI – Frank O'Connor

"No man is ever as anti-feminist
as a really feminine woman."

Frank O'Connor (17 September 1903 – 10 March 1966)

Ronny Drew's Guide to Dublin

 

Ronnie Drew (16 September 1934 – 16 August 2008)

Beers & Books CXXX – Bernard MacLaverty

„There's nobody can fix this but yourself.
You are the only one
who can make the changes.“

Bernard MacLaverty *14 September 1942

Beers & Books CXXIX – Dante Aleghieri

                        "I love to doubt as well as know."

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Divine Comedy
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"The secret of getting things done is to act!"
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Follow your path, and let the people talk.
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"He who sees a need
and waits to be asked for help
is as unkind as if he had refused it."
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"The hottest places in hell
are reserved for those who,
in time of great moral crisis,
maintain their neutrality.

Dante Aleghieri (1265 – 14 September 1321)

Beers & Books CXXVIII – Empire

Empire

Antonio Negri * 1 August 1933

Michael Hardt * 1960

Beers & Books CXXVII – Mary Oliver

It's very important
to write things down instantly,
or you can lose the way
you were thinking out a line.
I have a rule
that if I wake up at 3 in the morning
and think of something, I write it down.
I can't wait until morning - it'll be gone.

Mary Oliver (September 10, 1935 – January 17, 2019)

"Massoud Day"

The behavior of the Taliban
as well as their extremist attitudes
do not correspond in any way
with a tolerant Islam.

Ahmad Shah Massoud (2 September 1953 – 9 September 2001)

Beers & Books CXXVI – Andrea Camilleri

Sicily has suffered 13 foreign dominations
from which she has taken both
the best and the worst.

Andrea Camilleri  (6 September 1926 – 17 July 2019)

Beers & Books CXXV – Carmen Laforet

I write short, my words tight
to the thread of the narrative.

Carmen Laforet (6 September 1921 – 28 February 2004)

Saturday Night Music – Mikis Theodorakis

 

  

  
 

 

Beers & Books CXXIV – Yann Queffélec

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Yann Queffélec *4 September 1949

Beers & Books CXXIII – Eduardo Galeano

Scientists say
that human beings are made of atoms,
but a little bird told me
that we are also made of stories

Eduardo Galeano (3 September 1940 – 13 April 2015)

Play it again, Mikis

Thankfully bowing with deep respect.

 

Mikis Theodorakis (29 July 1925 – 2 September 2021)