Date: 1975
"Each morning for the next ten days he bore his precious vessel to the examination halls and poured a measured quantity of the contents on to the pages of ruled quarto. Day by day the level fell, until on the tenth day the vessel was empty, the cup was drained, the cupboard was bare"
preview | full record— Lodge, David (b. 1935)
Date: 1975
"In the years that followed he set about replenishing his mind, but it was never quite the same. The sense of purpose was lacking--there was no great Reckoning against which he could hoard his knowledge, so that it tended to leak away as fast as he acquired it."
preview | full record— Lodge, David (b. 1935)
Date: July 1, 2013
"Many lines of poetry are so long-embedded in my memory that I find them appearing when I speak or write. Sometimes I am quoting. Sometimes I am unconsciously drawing from the reservoir."
preview | full record— Ebert, Roger (1942-2013)
Date: November 28, 2015
"It's as if our brain has become a full cup of water and anything more poured into it starts to spill out."
preview | full record— Schwartz, Tony