Finding something inspiring to talk about at our wedding. Noted: writers generally bearish on marriage.
the Esquire e-ink insert, removed from the magazine and connected to the board that rotates the text highlights.
the Esquire e-ink insert, unplugged from power and the sequencer.
Q: How do you know if you are on a Mongolian train? A: Is the lady car attendant shoveling coal in thigh-high black leather boots with stiletto heels? You are on a Mongolian train.
It is only by making them live in hell that we’ll get drivers to renounce their cars.
— Yves Contassot, former Deputy Mayor of Paris
The irony is that you have to be somebody before anybody listens to you,” he said. “I wasn’t an expert when I was an expert, and now that I’m not an expert, I’m an expert. It’s kind of curious.
— “After ‘The Wire’, Moving On to Battles Beyond the Street”, Michael Wilson, the
New York Times