Saturday, 15 July 2023

I’m afraid I was always constitutionally incapable of bringing myself to the required pitch of enthusiasm

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'Were you ever a communist, Bernhard?' I asked.  At once — I saw it in his face — he was on the defensive. After a moment, he said ...
Friday, 14 July 2023

It is a very solemn undertaking to adore a millionaire

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'I adore him,' Sally told me, repeatedly and very solemnly, whenever we were alone together. She was intensely earnest in believing...
Tuesday, 11 July 2023

For country music, the coming of Elvis was a disaster

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For country music, the coming of Elvis was a disaster. As the standard soundtrack for many Southern homes, country music bound generations t...
Monday, 10 July 2023

Choosing has become more of a problem than finding

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It's easy to forget that there was once a time when books went out of print, films disappeared from cinemas & records got deleted. S...
Saturday, 8 July 2023

At the age of five I understood that it was bad for us that mama was young and beautiful. It was dangerous.

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I knew my mama was young and beautiful. Other children's mamas were older, but at the age of five I understood that it was bad for us th...
Friday, 7 July 2023

During the war I hadn't seen a single child's thing. I forgot they existed.

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In the ruins of q German village I saw a child's bicycle lying about. I was happy. I got on it and rode. It rode so well! During the war...
Thursday, 6 July 2023

Good, we thought later, it's lucky they were so skinny, we didn't have to eat them

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We had a horse, Maika ... she was old and very gentle, and we used her to carry water. The next day this Maika was killed. We were given wat...