Thursday, January 06, 2022

Beers & Books CLXXXV – Maeve Brennan

"All we have to face in the future
is what has happened in the past.
It is unbearable."

Maeve Brennan  (6 January 1917 – 1 November 1993)

7 comments:

  1. Sadly, as a species, we do seem to be slow learners. Very slow.

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  2. yes but 'what we learn from history is that we don't learn from history' - Margaret Thatcher.

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    1. The politest thing I can do is to not comment a platitude uttered by someone others would call a dead bitch.

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  3. If only people were born already knowing how to ride a bicycle..

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    1. Ha ha ha. Not only Sgt. Pluck would be delighted. Jams O'Donnell would also.
      Happy New Year, loveliest of all Susans. Did you read all the e-mails I intended to write?

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    2. Ah, dearest Sean,
      'Imagination is funny
      It can make a cloudy day sunny..'
      Happy New Year 💖

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