November 2011
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After a day at the races in England, a friend told Mark Twain, “I wish you’d buy me a ticket back to London. I’m broke.”
Twain told him he couldn’t afford two tickets but proposed that his friend sneak aboard the train and hide under Twain’s seat. Then he bought two tickets anyway.
When the train had got under way, the inspector appeared to collect Twain’s ticket. When Twain gave him two, he...
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Four words… More than enough to have any dialogue fairly dismissed. Eg.: “Not to brag but…”, “Is it true that…”, “Have we met before?”
“Not to brag but…” = Douche. “Is it true that…” = Influenciable. “Have we met before?” = Unoriginal.
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Pediram pra usar meu lap. Fiz minha boa ação do dia e deixei. A infeliz fechou minhas abas do Chrome pra usar a internet. Senti meu rosto queimar e tive de respirar fundo algumas vezes pro batimento cardíaco regularizar.
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209 tales collected by the Brothers Grimm →
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Self publish your book for free →
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Sometimes one waits too long for the perfect moment before snapping the picture....
– Miguel Syjuco, Ilustrado (via bookmania)
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Agrado: Well, as I was saying, it costs a lot to be authentic, ma’am. And...
– Todo sobre mi madre
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Brod’s life was a slow realization that the world was not for her, and that for...
– Everything Is Illuminated, Jonathan Safran Foer
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