A writer uses a pen instead of a scalpel or blow torch. Michael Ondaatje Philip Michael Ondaatje (born 12 September 1943) is a Sri Lanka-born Canadian poet, fiction writer and essayist. Ondaatje’s literary career began with his poetry: in 1967 he… Read More ›
A hero is one who knows how to hang on one minute longer. Novalis Georg Philipp Friedrich Freiherr von Hardenberg (2 May 1772 – 25 March 1801), pen name Novalis was a German aristocrat and polymath, who was a poet, novelist, philosopher and mystic. He is… Read More ›
We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office. Aesop Aesop (620–564 BCE; formerly rendered as Æsop) was a Greek fabulist and storyteller credited with a number of fables now collectively known as Aesop’s Fables. Although his existence remains unclear… Read More ›
The day Apollo 11 landed, I knew men would walk on Mars in my lifetime. I’m no longer nearly so sure. The last budget put forward in Canada contained not a penny for Mars. Spider Robinson Spider Robinson (born November 24,… Read More ›
Stories and Quotes from the Mind* and Keyboard of A.A.Forringer 