Monday 24 August 2015

Found in books - 9

In an old copy of Treasure Island...


















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Of course

Of course, you end up becoming yourself, even when you’re a journalist.
- Rebecca Mead, in The New Yorker

Saturday 22 August 2015

Books I've actually (re-)finished lately: 82

http://www.amazon.co.uk/English-Patient-Michael-Ondaatje/dp/0747572593/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1440416377&sr=8-1





















I had reached that stage in life where I identified with cynical villains in a book.
- Michael Ondaatje

Monday 3 August 2015

InDefinition - 78

mumsplaining, n. when my mother tells me something that a) she's told me six or seven times before, and b) I'd prefer she thought I didn't need explained to me in the first place