Categorie: English proverbs and sayings in pictures

Since the ’80s, Harlem has the place to go. Before the ’80s, just as far as hip-hop go, Harlem has always been a strong point, fashion-wise, music-wise, all of that.

No human being can really understand another, and no one can arrange another’s happiness. Heresy is another word for freedom of thought. A pretty reason perhaps why novelists more and more try to keep a distance from journalists is that novelists are trying to write the truth and journalists are trying to write fiction. Champagne,… Lees verder Graham Greene

Christopher Columbus: (between 25 August and 31 October 1451 – 20 May 1506). Italian explorer and navigator from the Republic of Genoa who completed four Spanish-based voyages across the Atlantic Ocean sponsored by the Catholic Monarchs, opening the way for the widespread European exploration and colonization of the Americas. His expeditions were the first known… Lees verder Christoffel Columbus

Edgar Yipsel Harburg: (born Isidore Hochberg; April 8, 1896 – March 5, 1981). American popular song lyricist and librettist who worked with many well-known composers. He wrote the lyrics to the standards “Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?” (with Jay Gorney), “April in Paris”, and “It’s Only a Paper Moon”, as well as all of… Lees verder Yip Harburg

Edna St. Vincent Millay: (Rockland (Maine), 22 February 1892 – Austerlitz, New York, 19 October 1950). American poet, playwright and activist. She used the pseudonym Nancy Boyd for her prose work. She received the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 1923, making her the third woman to be awarded the prize. April comes like an idiot,… Lees verder Edna St. Vincent Millay

Thomas Otway: (3 March 1652, Trotton with Chithurst in Sussex – 14 April 1685). English dramatist of the Restoration period, best known for Venice Preserv’d, or A Plot Discover’d (1682). No balcony appeared in the famous romantic balcony scene between Romeo and Juliet (Juliet appears at a window in Shakespeare’s Act 2, Scene 2). Otway… Lees verder Thomas Otway

Alexander Smith: (1829/30–1867). Scottish poet and essayist, associated with the Spasmodic School of poets known for their intense imagery and metrical variation. He published poetry collections like “City Poems,” a Northumbrian epic poem “Edwin of Deira,” and prose works such as “Dreamthorp” and “A Summer in Skye.” He died young at 37 and was also… Lees verder Alexander Smith

Martin J. “Marty” Rubin: (June 4, 1929 – February 14, 1994). South Florida gay activist, author and journalist. The Thebans was Florida’s first gay motorcycle club, founded in 1974. The biker group published the Theban, hosted the annual run known as the Theban Sun, and was a founding member of the Southern Conference of Motorcycle… Lees verder Marty Rubin

Thomas Stearns Eliot: (Saint Louis (Missouri), 26 September 1888 – London, 4 January 1965). American-British poet, playwright, cultural philosopher and literary critic. He was one of the most important figures in 20th-century literature and one of the greatest innovators of poetry, receiving the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1948. April is the cruelest month, breeding… Lees verder T. S. Eliot

Christopher Darlington Morley: (May 5, 1890 – March 28, 1957). American journalist, novelist, essayist and poet. He also produced stage productions for a few years and gave college lectures. April prepares her green traffic light and the world thinks, “Go!” That’s why I call this place the Haunted Bookshop. Haunted by the ghosts of the… Lees verder Christopher Morley