The genius of Charles Portis

[grampahol]

Charles Dickens was one of my favorites. Helps to read with Kindle or other apps to look up a lot of arcane language that's not all that common anymore. Tale of Two Cities was a bloody fun read.. It had the greatest introduction ever.. "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, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way..." Sounds like politics today..
Heck of a line for getting your head cut off at the guillotine too: "It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known."