"I am not one who was born in the custody of wisdom. I am one who is fond of olden times and intense in quest of the sacred knowing of the ancients." Gustave Courbet

18 February 2019

Happy birthday, Stegner.


Wallace Stegner was born on this day in 1909.

It is the beginning of wisdom when you recognize that the best you can do is choose which rules you want to live by, and it's persistent and aggravated imbecility to pretend you can live without any.  Wisdom is knowing what you have to accept.

Wallace Stegner

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