The need for speed

[pjthompson]

Random quote of the day:

“My idea of paradise is a perfect automobile going thirty miles an hour on a smooth road to a twelfth-century cathedral.”

—Henry Adams, letter to his niece, Mabel La Forge, 1902

The quote is often misattributed to Henry James, including—shockingly!—by Billy Collins in The Trouble with Poetry. I realize it would be more startling, more poetical even, if James had said it, but Adams was quite the hep cat himself and not to be sneezed at.

Disclaimer:  The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Siegfried and Roy, Leonard Maltin, or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

Mirrored from Better Than Dead.

Comments

[jandersoncoats.livejournal.com]

I've gotta say, that sounds awfully close to my idea of paradise as well.

[pjthompson.livejournal.com]

lol--I know! I would really love to be on that road right now...