
Day 867: paroxysms
In a sudden paroxysm of jealousy he threw her clothes on the grass.
Artwork of the day
Clothes on the Grass
Georges Seurat
Original Title: Vêtements sur l'herbe
Date: 1883; France
Word of the day
paroxysms: a sudden and powerful expression of strong feeling, especially one that you cannot control
Quote of the day
“Persons in whom a crisis takes place pass the night preceding the paroxysm uncomfortably, but the succeeding night generally more comfortably.”
― Hippocrates, Aphorisms