These fragments I have shored against my ruins. -T.S. Eliot

These fragments I have shored against my ruins.  -T.S. Eliot
Showing posts with label Scotland. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Scotland. Show all posts

Friday, December 14, 2012

The untrimmable light of the world

























    The ‘second sight’ possessed by the Highlanders in Scotland is actually a foreknowledge of future events. I believe they possess this gift because they don’t wear trousers. That is also why in all countries women are more prone to utter prophecies.
-Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, The Waste Books

Image: Fergus Feehily
Title: Mary Oliver, from the poem "Mindful"