Word of the Day
Soon enough night brought a liquid, comforting blackness over dusk; stars strode out; the mogra flowers below their balcony sent up loops of their fragrance. -- Shanghvi, The Last Song of Dusk, Arcade Publishing, 2004
Consequently, the members of his entourage and company, his wazirs, secretaries, and clients, usually can be observed to be destitute. -- Khaldun, Rosenthal, "The Muqaddimah: An Introduction to History, Volume 3", Princeton University Press, 1967