Consolation prize

The consolation of imaginary things
        is not imaginary consolation.

                Roger Scruton, Art and Imagination

 

 

 

 

 

Isn't it obvious?

Come December, people always say, 'Isn't it cold?'
Well, of course it's cold. It's the middle of winter.
You don't wander around at midnight saying, 'Isn't it dark?'

            Arthur Smith, Arthur Smith's Hamlet