Bridges

I’ve mentioned my fondness for A Word a Day, presented by the noted linguist Anu Garg. Not only is it good for the vocabulary, it includes a “thought for the day” which is generally quite interesting.

Here’s today’s from -Ivo Andric, novelist, Nobel laureate (9 Oct 1892-1975)

From everything that man erects and builds in his urge for living, nothing in my eyes is better and more valuable than bridges. They are more important than houses, more sacred than shrines. Belonging to everyone and being equal to everyone, useful, always built with a sense, on the spot where most human needs are crossing, they are more durable than other buildings and they do not serve for anything secret or bad. 

I thought this was particularly meaningful, given the range of hostilities present around the world.