...when a
phone call
competes for
attention
with a real-world
conversation, it
wins. Everyone
knows the
distinctive
high-and-dry
feeling of
being abandoned for a
phone call,
and of having to
compensate -
with quite
elaborate
behaviours =
for the sudden half-disappearance of
the person we
were just speaking to.
'Go ahead!'
we say.
'Don't mind us!
Oh look,
here's a magazine
I can read!'
When the
call is over,
other rituals
come into
play, to minimise the
disruption caused
and to restore
good feeling.
Lynne Truss, Talk to the Hand: The Utter Bloody Rudeness of the World Today, or Six Good Reasons to Stay Home and Bolt the Door
Lynne Truss, Talk to the Hand: The Utter Bloody Rudeness of the World Today, or Six Good Reasons to Stay Home and Bolt the Door
Preserve me from such cordiality! It is like handling briar-roses
and may-blossoms - bright enough to the eye, and outwardly soft to
the touch, but you know there are thorns beneath, and every now and
then you feel them too; and perhaps resent the injury by crushing
them in till you have destroyed their power, though somewhat to the
detriment of your own fingers. ~ Anne Brontë, in the book The
Tenant of Wildfell Hall
Softness is not weakness. It
takes courage to
stay delicate in a
world this cruel.
no matter how hard of face or light of heart,
under the skin are emotions of love and weakness.
psychotic
I always had a
weakness for taller guys
until i fell in love with someone
shorter.
They say
home is
where the
heart
is So then
would I be
considered
homeless
I know
I can
do greatness
Once I get
through
my weakness
I'm down on
my knees Asking
for forgiveness But
does he
hear what
I need
to say
When I'm
in the worst
part of
my day Or does
he simply
whisper to me
and say Give me
patience
and I
will be
here to
stay You
just go
out there
and be
who you
are today.
