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Charles A. Laughlin

The great Chinese author wrote that the three most regrettable things in life are that 1) is so delicious but has many bones; 2) are beautiful but have no fragrance; and 3) Cao Xueqin’s late 18th century novel of manners Dream of the Red Chamber was superb, but unfinished. To that I’d like to add that notebooks are lovely but the paper is not great for .