‘The pen is jealous of company. It expects, as I may say, to engross the writer’s whole self.’
Minggu Tambahat Zitat gemachtvor 9 Jahren
When someone talks and you go ‘Hmmm, mmmm’, you’re being phatic – displaying a sort of primal animal sympathy; saying, in effect, ‘Keep going, I’m still here’, even though mentally you may be a hundred miles away.
Evgenyhat Zitat gemachtvor 7 Jahren
The Joy of Nothing
Evgenyhat Zitat gemachtvor 7 Jahren
wouldn’t it be brilliant if we all wrote really rich, detailed letters to each other, which we kept as physical artefacts to pass on to future generations?
Evgenyhat Zitat gemachtvor 7 Jahren
The pen is jealous of company. It expects, as I may say, to engross the writer’s whole self.’
mflynn19hat Zitat gemachtvor 8 Jahren
Cost: £14.50 for 50 sheets of 10” x 8”. The starburst in my chest felt like love.
mflynn19hat Zitat gemachtvor 8 Jahren
What are you doing? Send a sodding email. I haven’t got all night.
b8059330803hat Zitat gemachtvor 8 Jahren
The pen is jealous of company. It expects, as I may say, to engross the writer’s whole self
Minggu Tambahat Zitat gemachtvor 9 Jahren
word ‘phatic’? It’s the word linguistics experts use to describe speech which establishes a mood of