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
Friday, April 20, 2007
"Where Are the Grown-Ups?"
Peggy Noonan marvels at the cold heartlessness of our media and therapy culture and wonders, "where are the grown-ups?"