'Twas Brillig
Ceci tuera cela
This will kill that.
Antique book, published in 1901
Antique book, published in 1901
I grow old … I grow old …
I shall wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled.
Shall I part my hair behind? Do I dare to eat a peach?
I shall wear white flannel trousers, and walk upon the beach.
I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each.
I do not think that they will sing to me.
Excerpt from T.S. Eliot’s The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
You know what charm is: a way of getting the answer yes without having asked any clear question.
Albert Camus, The Fall
