“What is a diary as a rule? A document useful to the person who keeps it, dull to the contemporary who reads it, invaluable to the student, centuries afterwards, who treasures it!”
— Ellen Terry
“I’m not writing it down to remember it later, I’m writing it down to remember it now.”
"...the Germans lose wars because they like music."
Hard to argue with a man like Agate.
Impossible, really.
Exhausting.
Dear Benjamin,
Great piece as always! My fave quotes this time:
“What is a diary as a rule? A document useful to the person who keeps it, dull to the contemporary who reads it, invaluable to the student, centuries afterwards, who treasures it!”
— Ellen Terry
“I’m not writing it down to remember it later, I’m writing it down to remember it now.”
— the motto of the stationery brand Field Notes
Thank you for sharing as always!
Love
Myq