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“...I'd never want my muse

to be a singer of nothing but disaster.”

- Euripides, The Trojan Women

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“…There is the heat of Love, the pulsing rush of Longing, the lover’s whisper, irresistible—magic to make the sanest man go mad.” - Homer, The Iliad

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“You can look at a picture for a week and never think of it again. You can also look at a picture for a second and think of it all your life.” - Donna Tartt, The Goldfinch

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Last night I took myself on a date to Musée d'Orsay and I got a bit emotional. The last time I went there was right before the second 2020 french lockdown, a trip completely organised by my ex. It felt strange to be back there, now as somebody single and living in Paris. I thought I’d feel nostalgic, but instead I felt excited for all the other museums I’ll visit with all the other friends I’ll meet. Life goes on, and that’s a very pretty thing 🤍

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Franny Choi, from “Catastrophe is Next to Godliness”

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“No, the blues are because you're getting fat or maybe it's been raining too long. You're sad, that's all. But the mean reds are horrible. You're afraid and you sweat like hell, but you don't know what you're afraid of. Except something bad is going to happen, only you don't know what it is. You've had that feeling?"

"Quite often. Some people call it angst."

"All right. Angst. But what do you do about it?” - Truman Capote, Breakfast At Tiffany’s

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– Virginia Woolf, from a Letter to Violet Dickinson written c. January 1909

[TEXT ID: "I appreciate your concern. None of this is your fault. It's me. It's me and my head. / In winter, I collapse." END ID]

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“But the most beautiful things in life are just not things. They’re people and places, memories and pictures. They’re feeling and moments and smiles and laughter.”

— Unknown

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“I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of any thing than of a book! -- When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library.” - Jane Austen, Pride & Prejudice

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“Ah!” Marie finally exclaimed. “Ah! Dear Father! Who owns that darling little man over on the tree there?” - E.T.A. Hoffmann, The Nutcracker

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Let’s talk about my favourite read of November ‘Infernal Fall’ by Bryan Timothy Mitchell a great reimagining of Dante’s inferno.

This book is incredibly written and I felt immersed into the world he created which was a dark imagining of hell and found myself connecting with the main character Daniel almost instantly. I couldn’t put it down wanting to see where Daniel’s journey took him next.

Synopsis:

Daniel Strong is a troubled young man with only one bright spot in his life—his girlfriend, Kristine. He hopes to propose to her on a hike in the mountains, but a mysterious artifact in a dark cavern ruins his plan. Things quickly go downhill—literally—as handling the ‘keystone’ causes Daniel to fall straight into Hell, leaving Kristine behind.

A soul-harvesting demon tells him the only way out is through, that he must go to Satan and bargain for his freedom. But the shadow-man responsible for leaving the keystone behind tries to show him there’s another way out. Against his better judgment, Daniel finds himself listening to the demon’s claims that appealing to the Master of the Underworld himself is his only choice.

As the unlikely group traverses the many levels of Hell, hurt, anger, and fear hound Daniel, reminding him how hopeless his efforts truly are. All Daniel can do is push forward in hopes of making it back to Kristine. Will Daniel heed Kristine’s words to choose life? Or will he succumb to the lies pulling him down with every step?

I can’t recommend this book enough to those who love classic and ancient literature and are looking for their next modernised version.

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“—his indescribable little air of knowing” - Henry James, The Turn of the Screw

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“There is nothing like looking, if you want to find something. You certainly usually find something, if you look, but it is not always quite the something you were after.” - J.R.R.Tolkin, The Hobbit

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“I am dragged along by a strange new force. Desire and reason are pulling in different directions. I see the right way and approve it, but follow the wrong.” - Ovid, Metamorphoses

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