tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20242261.post3081330381525538311..comments2024-03-28T14:03:05.228-07:00Comments on Execupundit.com: TrueUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20242261.post-3789636039565110582017-11-04T06:40:30.371-07:002017-11-04T06:40:30.371-07:00Jim,
Thanks for your comments and references.
Ki...Jim,<br /><br />Thanks for your comments and references.<br /><br />Kipling has often been underestimated but you are correct: he can be a real pleasure, or revelation.<br /><br />MichaelMichael Wadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08762773757535724585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20242261.post-86141307698007361592017-11-04T00:03:10.492-07:002017-11-04T00:03:10.492-07:00“All my life, my heart has sought a thing I cannot...“All my life, my heart has sought a thing I cannot name.<br />Remembered line from a long-forgotten poem” <br />Hunter S. Thompson, Hell's Angels: A Strange and Terrible Saga<br />https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/10835-all-my-life-my-heart-has-sought-a-thing-i<br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunter_S._Thompson<br /><br />A bit of further research seems to indicate it's from André Breton, Mad Love.<br />“All my life, my heart has yearned for a thing I cannot name.”<br />https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/106441-l-amour-fou<br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/André_Breton<br /><br />I've never read any André Breton, maybe I will someday. But I've read a fair amount of Hunter S Thompson, and one that always sticks in my mind is this one:<br />Song of the Sausage Creature by Hunter S. Thompson<br />https://riderbesafe.com/2014/04/20/song-of-the-sausage-creature-by-hunter-s-thompson/<br /><br />It's along the lines of a motorcycle cult classic, barely coherent outside the genre. But I guess sometimes that's how seeking goes, particularly madness-driven. Once in a while failure to achieve your goal tells you more than achieving it, and if you're standing at a crossroad when the moment of realization hits, it can point in what you think is a helpful direction. Certain disclaimers apply. <br /><br />The Explorer<br />Rudyard Kipling<br />1898<br />http://somethinghidden.com/<br /><br />Thanks, Michael, I'd not read this bit of Kipling before. Digging into Kipling can be a real pleasure, or a revelation.<br /><br />Jim<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com