To clarify: the title is excerpted from Act 1 of Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost. The full quote goes:
"Light, seeking light, doth light of light beguile;
So ere you find where light in darkness lies,
Your light grows dark by losing of your eyes."
It's a warning against spending too much of your life in scholarly pursuits.
Day By Day
Monday, August 28, 2006
Lileks On Elite Priorities
Lileks gets off a good line on misplaced elite priorities:
The artists seem more concerned with a culture that won't let gays marry than one that won't let them live.
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