December 2010
15 posts
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Man cannot cast off this mask; it is a projection of his own flesh and...
– Gao Xingjian, Soul Mountain
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To look life in the face. Always to look life in the face and to know it for...
– Virginia Woolf
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'Dearest,
I feel certain I am going mad again. I feel we can’t go through another of those terrible times. And I shan’t recover this time. I begin to hear voices, and I can’t concentrate.
So I am doing what seems the best thing to do. You have given me the greatest possible happiness. ...
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'Room' by Emma Donoghue
Perhaps telling this story through the point of view of a five year old was a good way to avoid telling a story that actually made logical sense, after all the boy could only observe and understand so much. First of all, I still can’t see how ‘Ma’ felt the need to spill all the gory details of her life and abduction, and then more or less guilt trip her son into being her...
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You know, I read somewhere that people in unpleasant circumstances stay alive...
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November 2010
20 posts
The Girls that are Wanted
The girls that are wanted are good girls
Good from the heart to the lips
Pure as the lily is white and pure
From its heart to its sweet leaf tips
The girls that are wanted are girls with hearts
They are wanted for mothers and wives
Wanted to cradle in loving arms
The strongest and frailest of lives.
The clever, the witty, the brilliant girl
There are few who can understand
But, oh! For...