Kipling.
I've never especially cared for the man, though I'll readily admit that he has some very nice turns of phrase; he always seemed a bit too committed to the imperial project for my liking.
Oh, wow, this is synergistic. "Everytime" just came on LaunchCast. Janet Jackson really deserves so much better than she's gotten. I mean, being embarrassed on national tv by Justin Timberlake? Oy.
So anyway, a Kipling excerpt was in this Orwell essay, one of five we had to read for Fred's class today, and the last two lines of this poem are:
"Down to Gehenna or up to the Throne,
He travels the fastest who travels alone."
I used to believe that. Hell, in all honesty I still do... but it's also worth considering that speed is not always of the essence.
Apparently the de-icing of my heart proceeds apace.
Oh, wow, this is synergistic. "Everytime" just came on LaunchCast. Janet Jackson really deserves so much better than she's gotten. I mean, being embarrassed on national tv by Justin Timberlake? Oy.
So anyway, a Kipling excerpt was in this Orwell essay, one of five we had to read for Fred's class today, and the last two lines of this poem are:
"Down to Gehenna or up to the Throne,
He travels the fastest who travels alone."
I used to believe that. Hell, in all honesty I still do... but it's also worth considering that speed is not always of the essence.
Apparently the de-icing of my heart proceeds apace.