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*Lemon* A continuing series of extracts from my commonplace book *Lemon*

"As the peach blossom flows downstream and is gone into the unknown..."

- from "Green Mountain", by Li Bai

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If you want a happy ending, that depends, of course, on where you stop your story.

- Orson Welles

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An oldie but a goodie!
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*Lemon* A continuing series of extracts from my commonplace book *Lemon*

It's easier to put on slippers than carpet the whole world.
- Unknown

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This is definitely one of those phrases I like the sound of more than I like/understand the meaning... *Confused*
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Adapt to your environment rather than trying to adapt your environment to you. Good advice.
I saw a job advertised the other day where one of the responsibilities listed was "Head of Night". It's probably pretty routine for the person doing the job, but to me it definitely sounds like some sort of mobster fairy in a fantasy/supernatural tale... Maybe I'll write it one day *BigSmile*
*Lemon* A continuing series of extracts from my commonplace book *Lemon*

"Show me one scar character'd on thy skin;
Men's flesh preserved so whole do seldom win."
- Henry VI Part 2

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Gotta have a good Shakespeare quote up in here every so often *BigSmile*
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I heartily concur! (With both the quote and your comment. I've loved Shakespeare's work since first I started reading it in about junior high school.)
THANK YOU to whichever kind person or group gifted me an Upgraded Membership *Shock2* *Hearty* Delighted to be able to participate even more in this wonderful community... Like I see I can now use gifs!!

*Lemon* A continuing series of extracts from my commonplace book *Lemon*

"It was not that I had any particular message for humanity. I am still plugging away and not the ghost of one so far, so it begins to look as though, unless I suddenly hit mid-season form in my eighties, humanity will remain a message short."

- P.G. Wodehouse

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I find this very encouraging when I have little panics over the fact that I'm "just" writing light-hearted, silly little stories *BigSmile*
As part of going through all my old notebooks (phew, my recycling bin is full!), I found this old piece. Reviews welcome, if you've got the time and inclination.


 
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A sequel of sorts to 'Volumes of Revolution'.
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The great hills of the South Coast
They stand along the sea
And it's there walking in the high woods
That I could wish to be

- Hillaire Belloc, The South Country

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*Lemon* Ongoing extracts from my commonplace book *Lemon*

"When she saw her parents, her father called her 'Ola M', my gold, and she wished he wouldn't because she felt tarnished." - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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I can't remember which book of Adiche's this is from now, but I love it as a turn of phrase. I've enjoyed all of her books!
*Lemon* A continuing series of extracts from my new commonplace book *Lemon*

Life is like a moustache. It can be wonderful or terrible. But it always tickles.
- Nora Roberts.

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I'm reading another Poirot. I think he would be irritated by this quote *BigSmile*
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Dave Ryan Author Icon - Great, now I'm gonna have that in my head all day *BigSmile*
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{e:music2}a moustache a moustache now we both have said moustache*Music2*
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My whole life will be a love letter to you.

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I thought this was a quote from something, but Google doesn't give me anything except an extract from a random blog from about fifteen years ago. I guess it must have come out of my brain at some point, then!
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*Lemon* A continuing series of extracts from my commonplace book *Lemon*

"This story is already over. In a few moments it will freeze into a marble past, like these statues in this garden of stone..."
- Last Year at Marienbad (1961)

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INNOVATION DESTINATION
RELENTLESS IMPROVEMENT


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...I think I've spent long enough deep-diving into corporate gobbledeegook at work - both those phrases were used in all seriousness but are, when you think about it, very silly. Time to slough it off and enjoy the weekend!
A kiss stolen beneath a tree.

Splash of crimson red, against the ancient green.


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I've been going through an old box of writing notebooks - I thought it would be a quick job, but more fool me - I can't help at least skim-reading everything before I recycle it, and I'm extracting a few bits and pieces. The two short sentences above were written on slim pieces of paper tucked into one of the notebooks, and not in my handwriting. I have no idea what they mean (the notebook was from about fifteen years ago), but I like the imagery.
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Oh, I love those lines!!! For me, they are great for a dark poem or story!
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