‘The pen is jealous of company. It expects, as I may say, to engross the writer’s whole self.’
Minggu Tambafez uma citaçãohá 10 anos
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.
Evgenyfez uma citaçãohá 8 anos
The Joy of Nothing
Evgenyfez uma citaçãohá 8 anos
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?
Evgenyfez uma citaçãohá 8 anos
The pen is jealous of company. It expects, as I may say, to engross the writer’s whole self.’
mflynn19fez uma citaçãohá 9 anos
Cost: £14.50 for 50 sheets of 10” x 8”. The starburst in my chest felt like love.
mflynn19fez uma citaçãohá 9 anos
What are you doing? Send a sodding email. I haven’t got all night.
b8059330803fez uma citaçãohá 9 anos
The pen is jealous of company. It expects, as I may say, to engross the writer’s whole self
Minggu Tambafez uma citaçãohá 10 anos
word ‘phatic’? It’s the word linguistics experts use to describe speech which establishes a mood of