Very much enjoying this book. It has wonderfully layered meanings on class and privelage, contribution and restriction.
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Monday, August 30, 2010
Friday, August 6, 2010
Impertinent
Impertinent, there's a word I haven't heard for a long time. A real word of self-superiority and prejudice. For use only by bigots.
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The Most Formative Part Of My Life
"The Tolkiens left here for the smoke and noise of Birmingham when Ronald [Tolkien] was just eight, but he once described his time at Sarehole as, "the most formative part of my life."" The Quest For The Real Middle Earth (DVD).
England is the same for me, and that from a similar age, between two and seven.
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England is the same for me, and that from a similar age, between two and seven.
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The Way It Is Said
The way it is said, even if we don't understand it, is right, when it is said at the right time.
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Envy Breeds Malice
Envy leads to malice and people who don't want to see other people's dreams come true.
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