Words of wisdom

No, not mine, but I agree with them.

 

It is absurd to say that there are neither ruins nor curiosities in America when they have their mothers and their accents.

Oscar Wild

 

America is a country that doesn't know where it is going, but is determined to set a speed record getting there.

Peter Lawrence

 

America is one long expectoration.

Oscar Wild

 

I am willing to love all mankind, except an American.

Dr Johnson

 

It was wonderful to find America, but it would have been more wonderful to miss it.

Mark Twain

 

Sir, they are a race of convicts and ought to be grateful for anything we allow them short of hanging

Of the Americans: Boswell, Life of Johnson

 

America is the only nation in history which, miraculously, has gone directly from barbarism to degeneration without the usual interval of civilization.

Georges Clemenceau

 

Of course, America had often been discovered before Columbus, but it had always been hushed up.

Oscar Wild

 

And my favourite:

Nothing good comes from America

J. Brooks

 

Novella

 

novella [nə'vɛlə]

■ noun a short novel or long short story.

 

Found in my dictionary. Who knows what they meant by "long short story"?

Who doesn't like Brown?

 

It appears that not only Icelanders think Brown stinks.

 

I'm still alive

Yeh, I know, I haven't written anything in a long time and many things have changed since then.
First of all, I am still studying Italian at an Honours level, without doing the Honours degree. What does it mean for me? Basically, that I attend classes with people who have recently come back from Italy and are all so good at Italian. So, the level is high and I find it difficult to follow. My other subjects are Philosophy (!) and Exploring the Cosmos. Can't really say much about these as I have only been to a few philosophy classes and none of Exploring the Cosmos.
I have also moved to a new, very nice flat in the City Centre. This means I need to walk to the Uni for around 30 minutes at a fast pace. Good for my health, I suppose. And because this is a non smoking flat, if I want to smoke I need to go outside and am forced to enjoy the weather.
I had to take the underground to go to the uni the other day, cause I was running late for a class, but the train seemed to be taking too long to leave. After about a minute or so, we heard a bang after which some woman came and told us to get off the train. There was lots of smoke and the station had to be evacuated. The firefighters arrived followed by the police. That was supposed to be my first class of Exploring the Cosmos I was going to go to. Well, maybe next time.

 

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