January 27, 2012
"The Circumlocution Office was (as everybody knows without being told) the most important Department under Government. No public business of any kind could possibly be done at any time without the acquiescence of the Circumlocution Office."

— Charles Dickens, Little Dorrit, chap. 10, 1855-1857.

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January 18, 2012

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January 13, 2012
moledro

dictionaryofobscuresorrows:

n. a feeling of resonant connection with an author or artist you’ll never meet, who may have lived centuries ago and thousands of miles away but can still get inside your head and leave behind morsels of their experience, like the little piles of stones left by hikers that mark a hidden path through unfamiliar territory.

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January 7, 2012
"It is our contention that many disease symptoms and psychological issues can be resolved by sitting the fuck down with someone prepared to listen and to care, and to share a wee cup of tea and a biscuit."

— Alternative Medicine that WORKS - Taking WCTB Therapy into the mainstream, Answers in Genes, 23 octobre 2011.

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December 30, 2011
simonh: You Want a Piece of Me? by OneEighteen on Flickr. Via Flickr: Cartagena, Colombia.

simonh:

You Want a Piece of Me? by OneEighteen on Flickr.

Via Flickr:
Cartagena, Colombia.

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December 28, 2011
"50 % des RMIstes parisiens ont une activité artistique ou intellectuelle."

— Anne et Marine Rambach, Les Nouveaux intellos précaires (2009), J’ai Lu, 2011, p. 41.

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December 26, 2011

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December 25, 2011
"Indeed, if a poor man will spend a year in prison for stealing out of hunger, how high would the gallows need to be to hang a rich man who breaks the law out of greed?"

— Terry Pratchett, Snuff, Doubleday, 2011, p. 19.

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December 25, 2011
"You are mistaking value for worth, I think."

— Terry Pratchett, Snuff, Doubleday, 2011, p. 38.

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December 25, 2011
"The sound of the gentle rattle of china cup on china saucer drives away all demons, a little knows fact."

— Terry Pratchett, Snuff, Doubleday, 2011, p. 325.

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