There’s a difference between being related and being family.
Family takes time and care and effort,
and meals shared and dishes washed,
and beds made,
and shared history.
And intimacy.
—Julia, in Sisters S1E1
Quotes
India after Covid
It’s not that we won’t get through this, we will, but when the battle is won and we go home, our homes won’t be the same.
I love speaking to my parents every morning. I’m also scared everyday about who will I hear about today.
Indians away
Call my parents every day with an anxiety.
‘Tusi theek ho? Sab theek hai? Dadi ma, Dada ji theek hai?’
Maa: Haan sab theek hai
Phew. We’ve survived one more day.
I can sleep tonight.
Yep, that’s how all Indians living away from family are doing at the moment.
Fanatics
That’s how I know he can be beaten.
Because he is a fanatic.
And a fanatic is always harbouring a secret doubt.
—George Smiley, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Hermione
‘Her – my – oh – nee,’ she said, slowly and clearly.
Tell me what you’re feeling…
Hollow. Hopeless. Lonely. Afraid.
from Star Trek Picard S01E06, The Impossible Box.
On eating…
Asceticism was a virtue in life and business, he believed. “People live more on what they do not eat,” he once said.
—From The Guardian, in ‘The Aldi effect’
TIL: “Your boys took a hell of a beating”
I discovered this gem of Football commentary today. It’s from a Norway-England match in 1981. I love the passion, sprinkled with humour.
We are the best in the world! We are the best in the world! We have beaten England 2-1 in football!! It is completely unbelievable! We have beaten England! England, birthplace of giants. Lord Nelson, Lord Beaverbrook, Sir Winston Churchill, Sir Anthony Eden, Clement Attlee, Henry Cooper, Lady Diana–we have beaten them all. We have beaten them all.
Maggie Thatcher can you hear me? Maggie Thatcher, I have a message for you in the middle of the election campaign. I have a message for you: We have knocked England out of the football World Cup. Maggie Thatcher, as they say in your language in the boxing bars around Madison Square Garden in New York: Your boys took a hell of a beating! Your boys took a hell of a beating!
No wonder…
It was not unusual for Norwegians to turn off the sound on the TV and listen to him on the radio instead.
For more fun, follow the link above and read some of the parodies inspired from the commentary :)
Love, heartbreak, dogs.
I guess when you bring a dog into your life, you are setting yourself up for heartbreak, aren’t you? Sure, you will most likely have to say good-bye and it will be the saddest day ever, but it’s so worth it, isn’t it? To have a dog. To learn from their unconditional love.
—Lauren Fern Watt, in Gizelle’s bucket list
Running + dogs = el mejor
…I took the leash off, and we ran.
We ran next to each other. A mini stampede. We were completely in sync, and not thinking about much but the present moment. We ran as fast as we could as the trees whooshed by. Gizelle came up to my hips, but she never tried to jump in front of me or nip at my feet like a lot of dogs would. Her jowls flapped in the wind and her long pink tongue flailed happily out of her mouth as she ran next to me. Like a protector. Like a friend.
—Lauren Fern Watt, in Gizelle’s bucket list