February 2012
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The English language is like London: proudly barbaric yet deeply civilised, too,...
– The Ode Less Travelled (via fuckyeahstephenfry)
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I swear to god I will lose my mind if I hear the “sex sells” fallacy one more...
– (via littlelightx)
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i had to give up my tasmania travel plans for this summer due to the charming expense of soccer registration, and my pickiness with employment (after such a terrible first experience of retail i will only ever accept to work in a bookstore). while registering for my local team, my only concern was whether as many games were going to be washed out this winter as last season. oh but two weeks later,...
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Lord Melchett: Started talking to yourself, Blackadder?
Blackadder: Yes, it’s the only way I can be sure of intelligent conversation around here.
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The newspaper journalists like to believe the worst; they can sell more papers...
– Margaret Atwood (via decaying-organic-matter)
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to the person who decides the temperature of the...
mump:
you’re really bad at your job.
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joshishollywood:
How did Harry Potter not even get nominated for best editing when leaving everything out was the only thing they actually put some effort into
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Let’s not let anyone tell us that the Internet is going to murder the book,...
– William Giraldi, Poets & Writers July/August 2011 (via lesmotsjustes)
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a few days ago i journeyed to the harry potter...
and i was reminded how much i love the costumes of slughorn and lockhart. i think it redeems their characters a little. upon entry though the curator warned that if we were caught taking photographs, dementors would be sent as punishment.. “dumbledore would not approve” was my only response. ah yeah and they need to work on getting the house colours right. as a result my friend...
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elizabethobserved asked: Hi! I love the songs you post (especially We Say Bambouree). Do you have any other musical suggestions for me? Also, I liked "the plot - dan sultan (white rabbits cover)" song you posted but I can't find it anywhere. Do you have a download link? Thanks, and I love your blog xx
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They told me that when I was taken to the sea’s edge, for the first time, I leapt from my father’s arms and was caught by a wave and rolled like a doll among rattling shells; and I seem to remember my father fully clothed, still streaming with water, half comforting, half angry. And indeed I remember believing as a child, I could walk on water - the next wave, the next wave - it was...
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I can remember everything. That’s my curse, young man. It’s the greatest curse...
– Leland, Citizen Cane (1941)
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