One Liner Wednesday: On trend
“It is splendid to be advanced, one can never be advanced enough” – Proust: Cities Of The Plain (Sodome et Gomorrhe) – – – – – – – – – – One-Liner Wednesday 3 September 2020
One-Liner Wednesday: Bored now…
“What I cannot endure are the imbeciles, the people who bore me, they drive me mad” – Proust: Cities Of The Plain (Sodome et Gomorrhe) – – – – – – – – – – One-Liner Wednesday 19 August 2020
One-Liner Wednesday: Not Her Best Look…
“I thought she had been dead for years, which would be the only possible explanation for the spectacle she presents” – Proust: Cities Of The Plain (Sodome et Gomorrhe) – – – – – – – – – – One-Liner Wednesday 29 July 2020
One-Liner Wednesday: Not For Sharing
“One hungry man has no need of another to keep him company” – Proust: ‘The Guermantes Way’ (Le Côté De Guermantes) – – – – – – – – – – #1linerWeds 15 July 2020
One-Liner Wednesday: Dying Is Such A Bore
“If i wait too long, I may be dead before they elect me. That really would be unpleasant” – Proust: ‘The Guermantes Way’ (Le Côté De Guermantes) – – – – – – – – – – One-Liner Wednesday 8 July 2020
One-Liner Wednesday: Will this do?
“The people who refuse us the objects of our desire are always ready to offer us something else” – Proust: ‘Within A Budding Grove’ (À L’ombre Des Jeunes Filles En Fleurs) – – – – – – – – – – One-Liner Wednesday 27 May 2020
One-Liner Wednesday: A nice walk spoiled
“Golf gives one a taste for solitary pleasures” – Proust: ‘Within A Budding Grove’ (À L’ombre Des Jeunes Filles En Fleurs) – – – – – – – – – – One-Liner Wednesday 20 May 2020
Song Lyric Sunday: Ay, caramba! – ‘How Much Tequila (Did I Drink Last Night?)
I must admit I was almost stumped by Jim’s Mexican-themed, Day-of-the-dead marking prompts for Song Lyric Sunday this week. The Eagles’ ‘Tequila Sunrise’ was what came immediately to mind, but I suspect there will be a few posts featuring that. Accordingly, I did a bit of research and was pleased to find this, which –…
One-Liner Wednesday: It’ll never catch on…
“I don’t think I should like to have the telephone in my establishment. Once the first excitement is over, it must be a perfect racket going on all the time.” – Proust: ‘Within A Budding Grove’ (À L’ombre Des Jeunes Filles En Fleurs) – – – – – – – – – – One-Liner Wednesday…
One-Liner Wednesday: Pseuds Corner
“There was no need actually to have those tastes, provided one talked enough about them” – Marcel Proust: ‘Swann’s Way’ (Du côte de chez Swann) – – – – – – – – For the uninitiated, ‘Pseuds Corner’ is a long running feature of the UK satirical magazine ‘Private Eye’, which presents examples of egregiously…
