one day the sea is willing to bear you upon her back like a liquid elephant

If I devote myself to other pursuits and contemplations, I must first see, at least, that I do not pursue them sitting upon another man's shoulders. I must get off him first, that he may pursue his contemplations too. See what gross inconsistency is tolerated. HDT, "CD"

times tables

bring it on home to me by sam cooke

screen door, noche enmalezada

heart of gold by neil young

north star blues

tienes que fajarte de ray santiago

polygamy or the crack in the molasses jar

[Il] divisait les êtres en trois catégories : ceux qui préfèrent n'avoir rien à cacher plutôt que d'être obligés de mentir, ceux qui préfèrent mentir plutôt que de n'avoir rien à cacher, et ceux enfin qui aiment en même temps le mensonge et le secret. JPS, La chute

TSOBF, Ch. 3

...think that the Negro's only hope lies in emigration beyond the borders of the United States. And yet, by the irony of fate, nothing more effectually made this programme seem hopeless than the recent course of the United States toward weaker and darker peoples in the West Indies, Hawaii, and the Phillipines, -for where in the world may we go and be safe from lying and brute force?

quién fuera rosario ... para contarte los dedos

sandra, una salsa sonidera