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I would rather be able to appreciate things I cannot have than to have things I am not able to appreciate.
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Monthly Archives: November 2009
FAULKNER: Electric Gratitude
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Gratitude is a quality similar to electricity: it must be produced and discharged and used up in order to exist at all.
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—William Faulkner
6 degrees of All About Eve
Just learned that both Fiona Apple & Frank Lloyd Wright have ‘All About Eve’ connections
STOP.IT!
Smell of Books
Mr Toledano: Hope and Fear
In the presence of the divine
…is on cloud nine after being in the front row for “A conversation with Patti Smith” — she was 20 ft away, and so down to earth, and I’ll say it: she is a god!
Want to name my offspring Inkle
An inkling of medieval times
Q: I just read an article in an information technology trade magazine wherein the author used the word “inkle” as a verb meaning to imply or to hint. That can’t be right – can it?
A: This is one of those “Eureka!” moments.The verb “inkle” is extremely old, and dates back to the 1300s. Its original meaning, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, was “to utter or communicate in an undertone or whisper, to hint, give a hint of.”
via An inkling of medieval times | The Grammarphobia Blog
Habitual Deception
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Life is the art of being well deceived, and to succeed, it must be habitual and uninterrupted.
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astound me: D.A. Królak 
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