August 2011
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I watch Masterpiece Theatre instead of football on...
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The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can’t...
– Mark Twain (via thebooknookers)
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Hitler was 9 feet tall, but was folded over several times in the middle, so no...
– (via incorrecthitler)
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My favorite novels are:
(in no particular order, mind you)
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh
Persuasion by Jane Austen
Dracula by Bram Stoker
Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen
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"Jenny," by Dante Gabriel Rossetti →
“Vengeance of Jenny’s case! Fie on her! Never name her, child!” — (Mrs. Quickly.)
Lazy laughing languid Jenny, Fond of a kiss and fond of a guinea, Whose head upon my knee to-night Rests for a while, as if grown light With all our dances and the sound To which the wild tunes spun you round: Fair Jenny mine, the thoughtless queen Of kisses which the blush between Could hardly make...