September 2009
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“Time is the substance I am made of. Time is a river which sweeps me along, but I...”
– Jorge Luis Borges A New Refutation of Time (1946)
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“Amazement seized their minds,
no soul had ever seen
a knight of such a kind –...”
– The Green Knight
To Autumn
Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness,
Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun;
Conspiring with him how to load and bless
With fruit the vines that round the thatch-eves run;
To bend with apples the moss’d cottage-trees,
And fill all fruit with ripeness to the core;
To swell the gourd, and plump the hazel shells
With a sweet kernel; to set budding more,
And...
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“His denomination as Wulfstan II is to indicate that he is the second Bishop...”
– The Wulfstan II conundrum
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“There are no currently plans to make Presenting Tips for Students or Writing...”
– Short-sighted thinking from the Learning & Teaching Enhancement Office, The University of Bath.
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“Well, these cells aren’t going to divide themselves…oh wait, they...”
– @sciencegoddess
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“No amount of coffee, no amount of crying
No amount of whiskey, no amount of...”
– The Weepies
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“The gringos are never coming back,” he concluded.
The only certainty was...”
– Marquez