May 11, 2008
Unaccustomed earth
"Human nature will not flourish, any more than a potato, if it be planted and replanted, for too long a series of generations, in the same worn-out soil. My children have had other birthplaces, and, so far as their fortunes may be within my control, shall strike their roots into unaccustomed earth."
- Nathaniel Hawthorne, "The Custom-House"
(From the forward to Jhumpa Lahiri's new book)
06/08/08 10:41 AM
ang said...
did you read this? is it good?
06/08/08 10:41 AM
ang said...
did you read this? is it good?