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Scot and Bothered

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"So boring…the characters are uninteresting & there’s no spice let alone romantic buildup…" — Feb 02, 2026 07:06AM

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Kilted Yoga: Yoga Laid Bare

by Finlay Wilson

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“Today it seems to me that my whole life was nothing but a string of those small near misses: a race whose result we know beforehand but in which we fail to bet on the winner.”
― Jean-Dominique Bauby, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly: A Memoir of Life in Death

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“So plant your own gardens and decorate your own soul, instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers.”
― Jorge Luis Borges

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“She wanted something else, something different, something more. Passion and romance, perhaps, or maybe quiet conversations in candlelit rooms, or perhaps something as simple as not being second.”
― Nicholas Sparks, The Notebook

tags: love, passion, romance

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“Does it take the harsh light of disaster to show a person’s true nature?”
― Jean-Dominique Bauby

tags: enlightening, heart-wrenching, inspirational

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“I need to feel strongly, to love and admire, just as desperately as I need to breathe.”
― Jean-Dominique Bauby, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly: A Memoir of Life in Death

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