https://livesteven.com/2026/04/22/the-world-was-all-before-them-where-to-choose-or-the-earth-is-all-before-me-i-cannot-miss-my-way-looking-for-direction-how-to-use-a-quotation-about-using-a-quotation-for-guidance-and/Steve_Bamlett_blogen2026-04-22T14:20:04+00:00‘The world was all before them, where to choose?’ or ‘The earth is all before me … I cannot miss my way’. Looking for direction: how to use a quotation about using a quotation for guidance, and the perils of the freedom to choose!dailyprompt, dailyprompt-1925, poetry, writing, literature, william-wordsworth, john-milton, guidance-and-authority, freedom-and-choicehttps://livesteven.com/2026/04/21/making-you-the-man-of-nerve-or-nerves-you-are-from-hard-resilience-to-soft-and-fearful-retreat-a-case-study-based-on-nicholas-boggs-2026-baldwin-a-love-story-and-the-import-he-dete/Steve_Bamlett_blogen2026-04-21T17:32:58+00:00Making you the man of nerve or nerves you are: from hard resilience to soft and fearful retreat. A case study based on Nicholas Boggs (2026) ‘Baldwin: A  Love Story’ and the import he detects in Baldwin’s role as director of ‘Düşenin Dostu’ (‘Friend of the Fallen’ in English), the Turkish version of John Herbert’s ‘Fortune and Men’s Eyes’ in Istanbul.dailyprompt, dailyprompt-1916, writing, fiction, movies, film, reviews, drama, queer-art, biography, james-baldwin, nicholas-boggs, baldwin-a-love-story, nervous-v-having-the-nerve, fortune-and-menseye