Author: harmamae
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The Mother of Your Memory
“A repetição é a mãe da memória.” Yes, a Portuguese quote this time (add this to that French quote, and we’ll have a start on going through all the language in my Quotables section!) Anyway, it means, “repetition is the mother of memory.” I am currently in Brazil, so I hope to be repeating…
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Of Cellar Doors, and Naming Characters
“Most English-speaking people … will admit that cellar door is ‘beautiful,’ especially if dissociated from its sense (and from its spelling). More beautiful that, say, sky, and far more beautiful than beautiful…” – Tolkien, again, in English and Welsh Funny how some words sound nice, but when written, look ugly. I never would’ve thought of…
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When is a Novel not Like a Painting?
To value a work of art by the degree of its realism, by the accuracy of the details reproduced, is as strange as to judge of the nutritive quality of food by its external appearance. – Leo Tolstoy This quote got me thinking – in art, people have pretty much detached themselves from expecting a…
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Why Travel?
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness.” – Mark Twain “There are no foreign lands. It is the traveler only who is foreign.” – Robert Louis Stevenson Yes, I did a Google search for “travel quotes,” and these two great quotes came up. They sum up so nicely what I love about travelling. Being…
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I Read the Appendices
OR, Geeking Out Over Author’s Supplements If I read something and like it, I tend to read absolutely everything related to it. I never realized how pronounced this tendency has been throughout my whole life, until this week I looked up Little House on the Prairie on Wikipedia. I read the series as a kid,…
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About Risks, in French
Qui ne risque rien n’a rien. – French proverb Literally, “who risks nothing, gains nothing”. I got this proverb out of a really terrible novel about a girl who ‘finds herself’ in Paris (so terribly I don’t even remember the title), but I liked the proverb enough to paint it on a t-shirt. It’s true…
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2 Things That Scare Me About Going (Back) to Brazil
I’m doing better this time – last year I wrote about the 3 Things That Scare Me About Travelling to Brazil, and this year it’s only two things! Two minor things, as you’ll see below. The real reason for this post was to let all my lovely readers know I will be leaving in a…
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How to Look Smarter – Maybe
Even a fool who keeps silent is considered wise; when he closes his lips, he is deemed intelligent. – Proverbs 17:28 Sometimes the stupidest things come out of my mouth. Clearly, there are times when it would’ve been better for me to keep my mouth shut. But, being an introvert, I usually have the opposite problem.…
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Secret Admirers Don’t Exist
“I have a secret secret admirer. Not only is her identity a secret—but so is the fact that she admires me.” ― Jarod Kintz, This Book Title is Invisible It’s a bit of an awkward admission to make, but every once in a while, I need to give up on a guy more quickly. I…
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