Sarah Farooqui
sarahf@mastodon.social
<p>Literature/policy/politics. Never caffeinated enough. Jill of many trades. Flaunt cat pics & adventures in reading + watching. (Posts👇🏽 purposefully useless & stream of consciousness.)</p><p><a href="https://thenovel.substack.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">thenovel.substack.com/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@shire_reckoning/117338450242597138 The tragedy of the ages is that too many kids associate the Lord of the Rings with Palantir, and not with making your knee high besties tag along to #Mordor. Esp when someone else decided to get you to destroy a #ring. #mordor #ring #lotr #bookstodon #hobbits
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Was looking up the origins of why people wish actors &amp; performers, “break a leg” before they go onstage. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Break_a_leg #theatre
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@gutenberg_org/117347950874896874 “The marvellous, then, begins with an encounter that catches the eye and awakens a sense of wonder. Fairy tale art makes that encounter feel real: wolves creep out from beneath skirts, cats transform into witches over Parisian rooftops and paper cutouts breathe life into enchanted worlds. Wonder resides in that instant of recognition and estrangement, when a tale we think we know by heart appears before us with a face and form we hav...
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One of the #curses of being a #reader is wanting to see in person, every single place you read about and fall in love with. #books #travel