Quote Of The Week

‘Reading makes me feel I’ve accomplished something, learned something, become a better person. Reading makes me smarter. Reading gives me something to talk about later on. Reading is the unbelievable way my attention deficiency disorder medicates itself.’

I Feel Bad About My NeckNora Ephron

Quote Of The Week

‘The entire planet has become a whispering gallery, with a large portion of mankind engaged in making its living by keeping the rest of mankind under surveillance.’

Marshall McLuhan from Strange Days Indeed by Francis Wheen.

A look back at international politics in the 1970’s.

Quote Of The Week

‘Sometimes I think that my brain cannot hold together, it is filled with too much horror- too great a despair.’

The DollDaphne Du Maurier

Daphne Du Maurier’s short stories in this above collection are very memorable. She is so much more than Rebecca and The Birds, even though they are awesome tales in their own right. The Birds scared the crap out of me and gave me nightmares for years when I was a child! I would like to thank Cabrogal for introducing me to the amazing works of Daphne Du Maurier.

Quote Of The Week

‘Well, the third clown is Google. He’s really funny too. He has a wonderful motor-car and everything goes wrong with it – and in the end it blows up into a hundred different peices! Google has a fine little dog called Squib. You’ll like him. He helps Google with his nonsense!’

Circus Days AgainEnid Blyton  (1942)