SA4QE 2020
Posted by Richard Cooper in Yellow Paper on 31 January, 2020 - 17:38
It's nearly that time of year again, when Russell Hoban fans from around the globe share their favourite quotations from the great man's work in public places, on social media and on this website.
Which quotes will you use this year? Where will you be?
Read more at www.russellhoban.org/sa4qe
SalviaOfficinalis replied on 4 February, 2020 - 23:41:
In Adelaide, South Australia. Some good advice from Lorna Elswint the Tel Woman.
“O yes youwl want to think on that you dont want your mouf to walk you where your feet dont want to go.”
Slick replied on 5 February, 2020 - 15:04:
Today's the day! Here's my quote, chosen, as is my practice, at random. Not sure where it will go yet. I'll post back when I find out where it ends up.
"There are things in life that compel recognition, things that you know are for you and nobody else. You can't get around them; you have to go through them or be stopped by them."
From <em>My Tango with Barbara Strozzi
Slick replied on 5 February, 2020 - 21:31:
Well, of course, yesterday was the day. So I'm a day late. (You're a day late and a dollar short, my 4th grade teacher always used to say; she wasn't wrong.) But I posted my quote anyway on a light pole near a road sign that indicated you could go right or you could go left but you couldn't go straight. Happy Belated Birthday to Russ!