On [:] The bright green strip of grass | Leon Trotsky, 1940
Vincent van Gogh, Patch of grass, 1887 “Natasha has just come up to the window from the courtyard and opened...
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On [:] The thorn of spring | Thomas Wolfe, 1934
Rene Lalique, Hairpins, late XIX - early XX “Some things will never change. Some things will always be the same....
On [:] Belong | Erich Maria Remarque, 1945
Simon Roussin “Life did not intend to make us perfect. Whoeveris perfect belongs in a museum. ” Erich Maria Remarque,...
On [:] Enough | James Thurber, 1894-1961
Karen Appleton, Martini, 2021 “One martini is all right. Two are too many, and three are not enough.” James Thurber,...
On [:] Estimate | Niccolò Machiavelli, 1532
Diego Velázquez, Philip IV Hunting Wild Boar, 17th century (detail) “The first method for estimating the intelligence of aruler is...
On [:] Service | Václav Havel, 1936-2011
Jon Klassen, The Dark, 2013 “Our concern is whether we can live with dignity in such a system,whether it serves...
On [:] Perfume | Christian Dior, 1905-1957
Sommerso Perfume Bottle with Stopper by Steven Correia, 1994 “A woman's perfume tells more about her than her handwriting. ”...
On [:] Seek | Mia Couto, 2012
Frederic Edwin Church, Cloud Study, 1871 (detail) “He who seeks eternity should look at the sky, he whoseeks the moment,...
On [:] Air | Erich Kästner, 1949
Alice Tippit, Win Win, 2014 “Lisa had confessed and Mommy had forgiven her. It had been a long, complicated confession,...
On [:] Wicked | Alasdair Gray, 1992
Don Van Vliet “The wicked people needed love as muchas good people and were much better at it.” Alasdair Gray,...