Sunday, December 16, 2018

day no. 14,664: pure unblushing decoration

Another gem from Steinbeck's "Travels with Charley"

"I cultivate [my] beard not for the usual reasons of skin trouble or pain of shaving, nor for the secret purpose of covering a weak chin, but as pure unblushing decoration, much as a peacock finds pleasure in his tail.  And finally, in our time a beard is the one thing a woman cannot do better than a man, or if she can her success is assured only in a circus."

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