Ralph Burton
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in The United Kingdom
Member Since
May 2021
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| Shakespeare didn’t have to go so hard. But he did. This witchy tale smacks like goddamn fire. It’s ballad of treason and witchcraft is so hot. There’s all these little plot elements that are so intricate and incredible, it’s like peering inside a Rol ...more | |
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| Once upon a time I didn’t like this book. Thought it was too simplistic, banal, a poor transcription of the stage play. Maybe I was put off by Michael Jackson, the modern psychological phenomenon of the “Peter Pan” manchild, or maybe the book didn’t ...more | |
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| Oh, how times change. I once judged this book harshly for the Shylock character, as you're probably supposed to, but reading it now, I come to the conclusion Shylock is the most sympathetic character only pushed into doing evil because others think o ...more | |
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“Don’t let good old Jane worry you! She thinks she’s a Jane Austen character! Haha-ha! WHAT A FREAK!”
― Torn Pages Orpheus
― Torn Pages Orpheus
“Down the road, he could see butterflies streaming out from the forest and flying over the town sign which read in bright dripping black: BLAUME.”
― In Bloom
― In Bloom
“With his parents out late at night, Michael had been halfway through practising Fur Elise when his piano bit him.”
― Night Music
― Night Music
“He had promised to love her until the tips of his fingers turned stiff and black but now, as they lay together in a tent somewhere in the Antarctic in the depths of winter, a blizzard raging outside, he was fast reconsidering.”
― Presence
― Presence
“When they woke up the next morning, George always felt this fleeting sadistic disappointment they hadn’t died in each other’s arms the night before.”
― Presence
― Presence
“Laid out in her sleeping bag, covered in snow, Carrie looked like an ice princess, but she also looked like her mother.”
― Presence
― Presence
“It took five minutes for him to leave the campsite, and by the time he passed the gravesite where they had buried Mark, George had experienced second thoughts.”
― Presence
― Presence
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