“You are about to begin reading Italo Calvino's new novel, If on a winter's night a traveler.”
Italo Calvino (1923–1985) Italian journalist and writer of short stories and novels
Source: If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
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“Melancholy were the sounds on a winter's night.”
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“My fellow South Africans — the people of South Africa:
This is indeed a joyous night.”
Nelson Mandela (1918–2013) President of South Africa, anti-apartheid activist
1990s, Victory speech (1994)
Context: My fellow South Africans — the people of South Africa:
This is indeed a joyous night. Although not yet final, we have received the provisional results of the election, and are delighted by the overwhelming support for the African National Congress.
To all those in the African National Congress and the democratic movement who worked so hard these last few days and through these many decades, I thank you and honour you. To the people of South Africa and the world who are watching: this a joyous night for the human spirit. This is your victory too. You helped end apartheid, you stood with us through the transition.
“Longer than a winter's night for a man who is ill-wed.”
Luis de Góngora (1561–1627) Spanish Baroque lyric poet
Más largo
que una noche de Diciembre
para un hombre mal casado.
"Murmuraban los rocines", line 94, cited from Poesias de D. Luis de Gongora y Argote (Madrid: Imprenta Nacional, 1820) p. 83. Translation from Henry Baerlein The House of the Fighting-cocks (London: Leonard Parsons, 1922) p. 92.
“I read like a wolf eats.
I read myself to sleep every night.”
Gary Paulsen (1939) American writer and musher
Enya (1961) Irish singer, songwriter, and musician
Song lyrics, Amarantine (2005)
