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March 09, 2013
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bookgazing:

mockinghay:

themuslimbarbie:

doctorwho:

“You’re not gonna make the world any better by shouting at it!”

 #this is what I love about Donna #she was supposed to be a one-off companion in a Christmas special #she was supposed to be annoying and loud and bossy #(Not many of us found her annoying) #instead #she imbued the qualities that so many ordinary people like us imbue #she wasn’t kick ass with a gun#she didn’t have technical knowledge or medical knowledge #but she wasn’t some young doe-eyed thing either #Donna Noble demanded respect #she did not expect it #SHE DEMANDED IT #furthermore she demanded it on behalf of everyone else#no one could piss on someone else while Donna Noble was around #she only had her voice #and sometimes it felt like it wasn’t enough #but that never stopped her#because if her voice was the only weapon she had #she would use it to change the world #or die trying #THAT is the spirit of hero #THAT is what makes an ordinary person extraordinary #they refuse to let others define their strengths and weaknesses #they refuse to give up #DONNA NOBLE #she was important LONG before she became the most important woman in all the universe

 
 

I always remember that spot on BBC breakfast news where she’s talking about her sketch show and her one off role in Who. The presenters jokingly suggest she might be able to be the next companion and she’s all ‘YES, PLEASE, CALL ME MAYBE!’ and next thing you know.. Dreams can come true.

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February 23, 2013
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  • Valjean: After I suffered 19 years at Toulon, a sentence totally disproportionate to my crime...
  • Sweeney: After I suffered 15 years in Australia, a sentence given despite my never committing a crime...
  • Valjean: I thought I'd lost all faith in humanity.
  • Sweeney: I thought I'd lost all faith in humanity.
  • Valjean: And just when it seemed like I could finally start anew...
  • Sweeney: And just when it seemed like I could finally fulfill my goals...
  • Valjean: I was thrown into emotional turmoil at the world's kindness.
  • Sweeney: I was thrown into emotional turmoil at the world's bad timing.
  • Valjean: Now I'm hit by an epiphany.
  • Sweeney: Now I'm hit by an epiphany.
  • Valjean: I have to become a better person.
  • Sweeney: I have to kill motherfucking EVERYONE.
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February 23, 2013
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"I owe everything that I have done to the fact that I am very much at ease being alone."

— Marilynne Robinson (via theparisreview)

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January 21, 2013
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harperperennial: bookavore: My favorite letter to the editor in a long time.

harperperennial:

bookavore:

My favorite letter to the editor in a long time.

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Photoset
January 21, 2013
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adotoveri:

Daleks by Laura Best (@utogeography)

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November 25, 2012
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"Those who spend the greater part of their time in reading or writing books are, of course, apt to take rather particular notice of accumulations of books when they come across them. They will not pass a stall, a shop, or even a bedroom-shelf without reading some title, and if they find themselves in an unfamiliar library, no host need trouble himself further about their entertainment. The putting of dispersed sets of volumes together, or the turning right way up of those which the dusting housemaid has left in an apoplectic condition, appeals to them as one of the lesser Works of Mercy."

— M.R. James, “A Neighbour’s Landmark”

Tags: books m.r. james lit

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November 17, 2012
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politicsprose: Yeah, okay. This is a shameless photo of a cat with a book.

politicsprose:

Yeah, okay. This is a shameless photo of a cat with a book.

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November 06, 2012
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If A Song Could Be President (by c41e3)

A suitable song for the day.

Tags: Over the Rhine politics election

Link
October 30, 2012
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Crumbs from the Communion Table: "But Susie, how could we play Battleship? Those pieces weren't designed to fit our hands."

gcnjustin:

This is Michael, one of my best friends in the entire world, after he and I stumbled upon a 1967 edition of Battleship in a thrift store.

Michael holding Battleship box

Can you tell why he’s making a face? Here’s a clue.

Close-up of women washing dishes in the background

Battleship: It’s fun for the whole family! Father and Son can enjoy playing the game, while…

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October 23, 2012
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"There is nothing more illiberal than the ostentatious correction of an obvious lapsus linguae."

— Stephen Maturin, in Desolation Island by Patrick O’Brian

Tags: lit quotes Patrick O'Brian

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October 20, 2012
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"But now it seem you find “the dress”—but “the dress” must have “the belt,” and a complimentary but not overly matching bag must be found, which works with not only the correct hosiery but also something to “throw over,” if you become chilly. It’s like fucking Dragon’s Quest—an endless list of things you’ve got to run around and try to find, possibly in a cave, or under a sage. The thing you “throw over” can’t be an anorak, or a picnic rug salvaged from under the stairs, by the way, but a deconstructed cardigan, a hacking-style jacket, a £200 pashmina, or a “shrug,” which unfamiliar item seems, to my untrained eyes, to be a shrunken cardigan made by a fool. It all looks bloody knackering. It’s going to cut into my bread-and-butter-pudding-making time severely."

— How to Be a Womanby Caitlin Moran

Tags: fashion feminism

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October 13, 2012
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You can just about catch my natural accent when she talks about going into the interior. A little deeper than Virginia Tidewater, but not so deep as Arkansas. (ht to Ladybusiness)

humanformat:

taureanproject:ask-changeling-lyra:

A quick audio lesson on Southern Linguistics.

Press play. Trust me on this one.

I love linguistics 

Bless.

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