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Sunday, October 24, 2010

Think Quietly


“The world is full of things like that: old postcards, theatre programmes,
leafles about bomb-proofing your cellar, greetings cards, photograph albums,
holiday brochures, instruction booklets for machine tools, maps, catalogues,
railway timetables, menu cards from long-gone cruise liners - all kinds of things
that onced served a real and useful purpose, but have now become cut adrift from the things
and the people they relate to. ~ They might have come from anywhere.
They might have come from other worlds. That scribbled-on map,
that publisher’s catalogue - they might have been put down absent-mindedly in another universe,
and been blown by a chance wind through an open window,
to find themselves after many adventures on a market-stall in our world.”

-Phillip Pullman in the preface to Lyra’s Oxford

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I've received back my exams results. Even though I'm quite unsatisfied at how some

of the grades turned out,I'm glad that I pass everything. Even Math and Physics.
I feel so relief and quite happy at the same time that all the hard work paid off.
I haven't been doing anything interesting recently and

I still have yet to clear my desk and arrange the books.
But I just began reading Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov and I must say,
that the writing is absolutely brilliant.
The holidays are approaching soon

and I'll pretend that school would never have to open again
and rest my soul for a thousand years.

15 comments:

  1. You deserve a break.
    I would love to rest my soul for a thousand years...

    xx

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  2. take a break love.
    you deserve to chill.

    ps - well done on exams.

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  3. Congrats on passing everything! Time to relax and take a breath...
    You are right, Lolita is an amazing book.

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  4. I love Phillip Pullman. His Northern Lights trilogy just transported me to somewhere so much more than I could ever have imagined.

    Well done on passing your exams - that's fab!

    I was discussing Lolita with my friend the other day. I haven't read it yet and I would very much like to. Must order it when I get through the little pile of books currently waiting to be read!

    Kate x

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  5. take a break and relax, you know do some things for yoursef, eat cakes and drink some tea (it helps!!)
    and never forget to love yourself!!!
    xxx love
    Annie

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  6. i'd sure to like to rest for a thousand years c:

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  7. I love this picture, with the rain and black and white tones! love!

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  8. congrats for the results! ^__^ so now it´s time you enjoy your holidays!

    i want to read that book too ;)

    oh, i´ve realized i´ve been coming to your lovely site for a long time and i´m not a follower yet! so, there i go! :D

    have a lovely week, dear!

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  9. I love that book, Nabokov's writing is a work of art in itself. And yesss I remember those days after the report cards. Nothing was better than that feeling of "yesss its over!" even if it was lasting only a couple of months, weeks, or sometimes only days

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  10. You've been working a lot this year, you definitely deserve a holiday. Sadly, I still have seven more weeks until mine. Holidays aren't long enough these days. All we seem to be doing is school work, bleugh.

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  11. You deserve a nice long break (:

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  12. I'm glad you passed! :)
    Holidays are never long enough.
    All my love, dear.



    LOVE!

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  13. well done on passing.
    you did a lot better than some people :)

    lolita is so beautiful.


    love, love.
    xox

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  14. What a brilliant poem...it really shows how time changes.
    Good job on your exams! See, the hard work did pay off. :)

    xx,
    ~Abby~

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