Brilliant Prose

Keep my eyes open, for I am alone/ Lazarillo of Tormes

Keep my eyes open, for I am alone/ Lazarillo of Tormes

At that time a blind man came to lodge at the inn, who, seeing that I would do to lead him, asked for me from my mother. She gave me to him, saying that I was the son of a good father, and boasting that he had been killed at the Island of Gelves. She told the […]

The opposite of fear is hope/ Jon Meacham

The opposite of fear is hope/ Jon Meacham

The opposite of fear is hope, defined as the expectation of good fortune not only for ourselves but for the group to which we belong. Fear feeds anxiety and produces anger; hope, particularly in a political sense, breeds optimism and feelings of well-being. Fear is about limits; hope is about growth. Fear casts its eyes […]