It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair.


The opening of Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities

I like that, somehow it fits in with our times.

Sapiens qui prospicit - Wannabe Polymath. Interested in art, music, history, philosophy and religion.

Read the abridged version a long while back. Dickens was my earliest interaction with the written word