Do you still laugh sometimes? Do you know how to lose yourself completely all over again in a moment of elemental joy—because of a view of houses, a human atmosphere, a song, a bit of landscape, a piece of film: in short a piece of good warm life? It’s something I love so much in you.
[Simone Weil, from a letter to Albertine Thévenon]
“I am enclosing two tickets to the first night of my new play; bring a friend — if you have one.”
[George Bernard Shaw to Winston Churchill]
“Cannot possibly attend first night, will attend second — if there is one.”
[Winston Churchill to George Bernard Shaw]