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Talking of others, old men talk about themselves, studying their image in vanished mirrors.

— 12 hours, 29 min ago

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A desk is a dangerous place from which to watch the world.

— Aug 17, 2026 01:40AM

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The day was uncommonly hot for autumn. Rich shafts of sunlight poured on to the representational carpet, and the dust-specks played in them like tiny tropical fish.

Le Carré's poetics of the workspace

— Jul 29, 2026 04:00AM

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Soon the gloom of the place seemed to work itself into the fabric of his face, like dust into the complexion of a prisoner.

(Strikes me as a fitting observation on the eve of returning to the workplace ;)

— Jul 26, 2026 01:09PM