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"I need to not read this book before bed: last night I went down a rabid hole of trying to figure out if I had a copy of Christian Metz's writing from On Language about semiotics in cinema because of it.
Needless to say, this book takes an academic approach to the material, which I greatly enjoy." — Jul 25, 2026 10:10AM
"I need to not read this book before bed: last night I went down a rabid hole of trying to figure out if I had a copy of Christian Metz's writing from On Language about semiotics in cinema because of it.
Needless to say, this book takes an academic approach to the material, which I greatly enjoy." — Jul 25, 2026 10:10AM
“I say let the world go to hell, but I should always have my tea.”
― Notes from Underground
― Notes from Underground
“Rainy days should be spent at home with a cup of tea and a good book.”
― The Calvin and Hobbes Tenth Anniversary Book
― The Calvin and Hobbes Tenth Anniversary Book
“She had been forced into prudence in her youth, she learned romance as she grew older: the natural sequel of an unnatural beginning.”
― Persuasion
― Persuasion
“He had discovered a great law of human action, without knowing it—namely, that in order to make a man or a boy covet a thing, it is only necessary to make the thing difficult to attain. If he had been a great and wise philosopher, like the writer of this book, he would now have comprehended that Work consists of whatever a body is OBLIGED to do, and that Play consists of whatever a body is not obliged to do.”
― The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
― The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
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