December 2009
40 posts
Roald Dahl on the invention of Rolos, Kit Kats, and Smarties in 1937:
In music, the equivalent would be the golden age of Bach, Mozart and Beethoven. In painting, it was the equivalent of the Italian Renaissance and the advent of Impressionism at the end of the 19th century; in literature, Tolstoy, Balzac and Dickens.
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An ability to read is a blessing. A fondness of reading; a happiness.
– Goenawan Mohamad
GMH →
When my daughter was six she told me she was never going to have children and adopt instead. I asked why and she told me there were too many children in the world without a home. Today she is 35 and has adopted four children from all different nationalities. My daughter GMH.
(via givesmehope)
Something I will probably do, too. :)