Gerald Brenan Quote

Words are as recalcitrant as circus animals, and the unskilled trainer can crack his whip at them in vain.


Thoughts in a Dry Season (1978)


Words are as recalcitrant as circus animals, and the unskilled trainer can crack his whip at them in vain.

Words are as recalcitrant as circus animals, and the unskilled trainer can crack his whip at them in vain.

Words are as recalcitrant as circus animals, and the unskilled trainer can crack his whip at them in vain.

Words are as recalcitrant as circus animals, and the unskilled trainer can crack his whip at them in vain.