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“THE CURE FOR EXHAUSTION
Sometimes, exhausted
with toil and endeavour,
I wish I could sleep
for ever and ever;
but then this reflection
my longing allays:
I shall be doing it
one of these days.”
―
Sometimes, exhausted
with toil and endeavour,
I wish I could sleep
for ever and ever;
but then this reflection
my longing allays:
I shall be doing it
one of these days.”
―
“The figure coming up the driveway was not Milton's Lucifer. It was the Devil.”
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“Unlike perfume, handbags are visible on the body, and--like Air Jordans for teenagers--give the wearer the chance to brandish the logo and publicly declare her status or aspiration.”
― Deluxe: How Luxury Lost Its Luster
― Deluxe: How Luxury Lost Its Luster
“That is the way a whore talks.
A whore is also a woman, but I am not a whore.
You'll be one.
Not through you.”
― Winner Take Nothing
A whore is also a woman, but I am not a whore.
You'll be one.
Not through you.”
― Winner Take Nothing
“We needed resentment, he said, as it was resentment which identified and underlined the wrong. Without these reactive attitudes, we ran the risk of diminishing our sense of right and wrong, because we could end up thinking it just doesn't matter.”
― The Sunday Philosophy Club
― The Sunday Philosophy Club
Mel’s 2025 Year in Books
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