July 2010
Victorian Heterodox, Slang or Phrase of the Day
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turnofthecentury:
‘After you with the push’ (Peoples’)
Said, with satirical mock politeness, in the streets to any one who has roughly made his way past the speaker, and ‘smudged’ him.
- Passing English of the Victorian era - James Redding Ware (1909)
“The piano may do for love-sick girls who lace themselves to skeletons, and lunch...”
– Mark Twain (via smut-to-go) (via blacktruck) (via mudwerks)
“Play it again, Sam. I’m gonna make him an offer he can’t refuse. She loves you,...”
– Stephen Fry “Making History” (via itsthebatman)
Aokigahara →
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The forest, which has a historic association with demons in Japanese mythology, is a popular place for suicides; in 2002, 78 bodies were found, despite numerous signs, in Japanese and English, urging people to reconsider their actions.
Due to the wind-blocking density of the trees, and an absence of wildlife, the forest is known for being eerily quiet.
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“I don’t talk like House, or walk like him. I certainly don’t think like him. I...”
– Hugh Laurie (via fuckyeahbritishcomedians) (via itsthebatman)
“I shall die here. Every inch of me will perish. Every inch but one. An inch… It...”
– Valerie Page - V for Vendetta (via rainbowsandwitheringwinters) (via loveyourchaos)
“You need a high degree of corruption or a very big heart to love absolutely...”
– November, Gustave Flaubert (via fuckyeahliteraryquotes)
“We’re not gonna die, we can’t die Bendis. You wanna know why? Because we are...”
– Captain Malcolm, Firefly. Episode 1 “Serenity”. (via allamericanantichrist)
