December 2011
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Little Boy, Little Brother.
December 31st, 2010. I don't need any celebration as long as I have my family.
Irmãozinho: (falando sobre fogos de artifício) tem o estilo Big Boy: BOOOOM!!!"
Eu: "Big Boy...?"
Irmãozinho: é, Big Boy!
Eu: Você não quis dizer "Little Boy"?
Irmãozinho: (disfarçando) aaaaanh é! Little Boy! Ele explode BOOOOM!!!
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Everyobody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree,...
– Albert Einstein
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When something is ugly, you pity it and say it’s cute. When something is...
– Myself
Yes, I quote myself.
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Apportez votre faim
Esther: Je vais commencer à cuisiner.
Moi: D'accord. Et qu'est-ce que je dois apporter?
Esther: Hm....Faim?
Moi: J'en apporterai beaucoup! ^^
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"What do you want for Christmas?"
“Nothing,” I said. “I don’t need anything.”
What I want is something only I can get.
What I want is something that might take me years to reach.
What I want is something that I might never have.
I can only hope I’ll have it one day.
I can only hope it’s supposed to be mine.
…
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angelfacetaste4suicidal:
“Pra caralho” não é palavrão, é locução adverbial de intensidade.
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My hatred towards people who smoke is explained by the same reasons these people smoke: I’m addicted to the pleasure it gives me.
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An insincere smile
is nothing but a spasm.
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Avoir la chair de poule: la peau qui se hérisse (sous l’effet du froid, d’une frayeur, etc.) par l’érection des follicules pileux. Donner la chair de poule à qqn, exciter sa frayeur, son horreur; son trouble. ➙ frisson, horripilation.
To get the goose bumps: Goose bumps, also called goose pimples, goose flesh, chill bumps, chicken skin, people bumps, or the medical term cutis...
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Expecto Patronum
When you feel all joy has been drained out from your soul, when you feel even your soul is slipping away, think of a good memory…
“Make it a powerful memory, the happiest you can remember. Allow it to fill you up… (…) Think of the happiest thing you can.”
Hang onto it. Cast away the sorrows.
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If the baby does not thrive on raw milk, boil it.
– Sir Ernest Gowers
(“Quant au ‘it’ employé pour désigner les très jeunes enfants, il pourra être rendu par un épicène français également ambigu: ‘l’enfant’, ‘le bébé’. Stylistique comparée du français et de l’anglais, Vinay&Darbelnet)
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Any word can be made poetic
by writing it in Monotype Corsiva and over a beautiful picture.
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Dans la vie, tu rencontreras beaucoup de cons. S’ils te blessent, dis-toi...
– Grand-mère, Persepolis
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Word
is essence. Image is just make-up.
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Forgiving
doesn’t mean “forgetting”.
The wounds still hurt; you just cease blaming the one who made them.
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Intimidation
Quand je vois les vidéos de ces ados en détresse à cause de l’intimidation qu’ils subissent à l’école…
…j’imagine si le seppuku est inscrit dans mon code génétique.
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"Why is a raven like a writing desk?"
To talk through one’s hat: to talk about something without knowing much about it, or you claim something is true when it isn’t.
Parler à travers son chapeau (QC): parler de quelque chose qu’on connaît à peine ou pas du tout (parler à tort et à travers)
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Les enfants finissent toujours par partir, c’est normal. Mais être obligé...
– Grand-mère, Persepolis