July 2011
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“He stared despairingly at the sky, at the stars above; he beat his burning...”
– The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux
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“Of course he was a poet, he loved music at its most lofty, relished those old...”
– The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux
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“At the bottom of her heart, however, she was waiting for something to happen....”
– Gustave Flaubert
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Truly shocked and saddened by the attacks in Norway. My thoughts go out to all the people there.
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“Drawing is like making an expressive gesture with the advantage of permanence.”
– Henri Matisse
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To Wordsworth
Poet of Nature, thou hast wept to know That things depart which never may return: Childhood and youth, friendship, and love’s first glow, Have fled like sweet dreams, leaving thee to mourn. These common woes I feel. One loss is mine Which thou too feel’st, yet I alone deplore. Thou wert as a lone star whose light did shine On some frail bark in winter’s midnight roar: Thou hast...
When you see someone do maths without a...
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On Winter Holidays
I finally got my semester results. Distinction for Intro to English: Ideas of the Real! I’m really happy with that. Both of my History classes were Credits which I’m also happy with. I really had to fight my way through my Russia in War and Revolution class.
I’m getting everything together for next semester. My classes:
Shakespeare (Henry V, Winter’s Tale, Midsummer...
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“If he is infinitely good, what reason should we have to fear him? If he is...”
– Shelley, “The Necessity of Atheism” (1813 version)
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“And so being young and dipped in folly I fell in love with melancholy.”
– Edgar Allen Poe
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