How could the wind be so strong, so far inland, that cyclists
coming into the town in the late afternoon looked more like
sailors in peril? This was on the way into Cambridge, up Mill
Road past the cemetery and the workhouse. On the open
ground to the left the willow-trees had been blown, driven
and cracked until their branches gave way and lay about the
drenched grass, jerking convulsively and trailing cataracts of
twigs. The cows had gone mad, tossing up the silvery weeping
leaves which were suddenly, quite contrary to all their exper-
ience, everywhere within reach. Their horns were festooned
with willow boughs. Not being able to see properly, they
tripped and fell. Two or three of them were wallowing on
their backs, idiotically, exhibiting vast pale bellies intended by
nature to be always hidden. They were still munching. A scene
of disorder, tree-tops on the earth, legs in the air, in a university
city devoted to logic and reason.
A good book is the precious life-blood of a master-spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life, and as such it must surely be a necessary commodity.
Penelope FitzgeraldTag: reading books purpose-of-life treasures necessities spiritual-life
Opening the shop gave her, every morning, the same feeling of promise and opportunity. The books stood as neatly ranged as Gipping's vegetables, ready for all comers.
Penelope FitzgeraldBehind their dark glass, the mad own nothing.
Penelope FitzgeraldOn the whole, I think you should write biographies of those you admire and respect, and novels about human beings who you think are sadly mistaken.
Penelope FitzgeraldTag: writing writing-craft writing-humor writing-advice
But we weren't meant to live alone,' said Frank.
'Life makes its own corrections.
Helping other people is a drug so dangerous that there is no cure short of total abstention.
Penelope FitzgeraldMorality is seldom a safe guide for human conduct.
Penelope FitzgeraldTag: human-condition
Duty is what no-one else will do at the moment.
Penelope Fitzgerald... human beings interested her so much that it must always be an advantage to meet another one.
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