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A lot of us seem to be having some rough periods right now mentally and emotionally, and I know very, very well how insidious depression can be. I'm complete bollocks when it comes to doling out useful advice, but I thought I'd make a post in an effort to help even a little bit. So here are some very wise quotes and posts by people far more ( Read more... )

I said: "You don't want to pick a fight with me, Mimi."
She looked at me as if she were going to say I love you, and asked: "Is that a threat?"

The Thin Man
Dashiell Hammett

GOD DAMN THIS IS HOW YOU WRITE NOIR.

"Finding is not thieving." And as they halted at the gate, where Hugh's horse was tethered, Cadfael said seriously: "Donata understood him better than any of us. She told him his fortune, lightly it may be, but wisely. A troubadour, she said, needs three things, and three things only. An instrument, a horse, and a ladylove. The first she gave him, ( Read more... )

Oh my word. I discovered an old document I had saved back in my New Zealand days. This is an exchange my Welsh friend Elen and I had while we were watching the Branagh adaptation of Much Ado About Nothing:


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