“Nuns’ legal fees”
When in Brechin on Sunday I noticed this Newspaper headline outside a local newsagent. It blazoned “Smyllum Nuns’ Legal Fees Hit £300,000”. This reminded me of a visit that I … Continue reading “Nuns’ legal fees”
Tag: borrowed words
The dark flood rises
A few selected passages from the ‘The Dark Flood Rises‘ by Margaret Drabble:
A handful of dust
A few selected quotes from ‘A Handful of Dust‘ by Evelyn Waugh:
But all the biosciences yield to biofiction
In my reading I collect ideas as “marginalia“. What follows are the words of others, including: Richard Holloway, Anne Tyler, Will Self, Tomas Tranströmer, Thomas Mann, Albert Camus, Julian Barnes, … Continue reading But all the biosciences yield to biofiction
‘The Beautiful Summer’
A few selected passages from “The Beautiful Summer” by Cesare Pavese:
These promotion pieces
A few of the words of Albert Camus, Richard Yates and Emily Fridlund:
‘Flight of Ideas’
One of the current clinical definitions of “flight of ideas” is: “a rapid flow of thought, manifested by accelerated speech with abrupt changes from topic to topic: a symptom of some … Continue reading ‘Flight of Ideas’
Homeless, Homeward, Home
A few selected passages from ‘The High Mountains of Portgal’ by Yann Martel: