‘Don’t let anyone say to you that nothing exciting ever happens to you when you are old. Because it does. And it’s just as nice to be seventy as it is to be young.’
–Agatha Christie (from the Mousetrap Man by Peter Saunders)
Tag: Playwright
Quote of the Week
‘Opportunity knocks but it doesn’t pester.’
Quote Of The Week
‘Life is about losing. I don’t believe that as human beings we can do anything other than struggle to face the loss with grace.’
Ode To Adam Fresco
He wouldn’t let us eat him, or drink him during break
He never let us beat him, or bake him in a cake
But never once did we wish to cut off his legs
Or impale him on a stick
We wouldn’t dream of killing him, for fear of making him sick
He taught us how to act, had passion for plays
Knew all about the theatre, made us crave the stage
I think he understood us, like great teachers only could
And I think we understood him, like only mothers could
Now Adam’s in New Zealand, doing all of the same things
Encouraging students writing
And inspiring all their dreams.
Quote Of The Week
‘How far that little candle throws his beams, so shines a good deed in a naughty world.’
–The Merchant Of Venice – William Shakespeare
P.S The candle can also be a girl.
Quote Of The Week
‘To have friends, you know, one need only to be good natured, but when a man has no enemy left, there must be something mean about him’.
Quote Of The Week
‘One should never do anything that one cannot talk about after dinner.’
Quote Of The Week
‘You never really know what he’s thinking or what he might do – but it always ends in kindness and fairness. A mighty recipe produced this man.’
Tennessee Williams talking about Hollywood actor Paul Newman, sourced from The Friendship Book 2016
Quote Of The Week
‘A person to be quiet with, is harder to find than someone to talk with.’
Things In My Head 