https://wist.info Wish I'd Said That! Wed, 28 Oct 2026 05:57:18 +0000 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://wist.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/little-w-little-box-60x60.jpg https://wist.info 32 32 43606282 https://wist.info/percy-walker/41553/ https://wist.info/percy-walker/41553/#respond Mon, 04 May 2020 17:53:24 +0000 Dave https://wist.info/?p=41553 There is no joy on this earth like falling in love with a woman and managing at the same time the trick of keeping just enough perspective to see her fall in love too, to see her begin to see you in a different way, to see her color change, eyes soften, her hand of itself reach for you. … And there is no pain on this earth like seeing the same woman look at another man the way she once looked at you.

Walker Percy (1916–1990) American author, philosopher
Lancelot, ch. 5 (1977) ]]> https://wist.info/percy-walker/41553/feed/ 0 41553 https://wist.info/percy-walker/11275/ https://wist.info/percy-walker/11275/#respond Fri, 25 Jun 2010 13:28:19 +0000 Dave http://wist.info/?p=11275 A man must live by his lights and do what little he can and do it as best he can. In this world goodness is destined to be defeated. But a man must go down fighting. That is the victory. To do anything less is to be less than a man.

Walker Percy (1916–1990) American author, philosopher
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