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""Ma'inâstið" = "kertoa" ("to tell")
When "mainostaa" in Finnish means "to advertise". What an intriguing etymological course." — Jan 15, 2024 01:53PM
""Ma'inâstið" = "kertoa" ("to tell")
When "mainostaa" in Finnish means "to advertise". What an intriguing etymological course." — Jan 15, 2024 01:53PM
“Human beings don’t necessarily exist inside of (or correspond to) the neat racial, gendered or national boxes into which we often unthinkingly place them.
It’s a mistake to ask literature to reinforce such structures. Literature tends to crack them. Literature is where we free ourselves.”
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It’s a mistake to ask literature to reinforce such structures. Literature tends to crack them. Literature is where we free ourselves.”
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“When people hate with all that energy, it is something in themselves they are hating.”
― Brideshead Revisited
― Brideshead Revisited
“What is the sense of giving a boundary to all... of giving it a name and ceasing to love where the name ceases to apply?”
― The Left Hand of Darkness
― The Left Hand of Darkness
“I’ve seen so many people’s lives destroyed by failed love affairs or unrequited passions that I’ve always felt rather fortunate to remain essentially disinterested.”
― A Ladder to the Sky
― A Ladder to the Sky
“Sebastian contra mundum.”
― Brideshead Revisited
― Brideshead Revisited
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