There is an Emily in each of us. It is incompatible with this world, and thereby reminds us that we are not native to it.
Category: Historical
This quote from Myamoto Musashi has always struck me as a book contained in a single sentence.
Smashing ist eine sehr leidenschaftliche Freundschaft, meist zwischen zwei Frauen unterschiedlichen Alters.
Let me show you where you are.
When you feel you are being watched, your excesses are harder to maintain.
An unrelated excerpt from
The Salt Island Diaries
Each week, an in-depth examination of a current topic, a historical event, or a scientific discovery.
The factory girls of the early 19th century were self-educated and wrote about capitalism at a time when Marx merely annoyed.
Two hundred years ago, it was easier to make friends, because you could buy them.
Rosemary was a pretty young lady born into a wealthy and powerful family. A bed-time story for frisky girls.