Yet, she could not deny that she had her doubts. She was married, true; but if one's husband was always sailing round Cape Horn, was it marriage? If one liked him, was it marriage? If one liked other people, was it marriage? And finally, if one still wished, more than anything in the whole world, to write poetry, was it marriage? She had her doubts.
Virginia Woolf: Orlando: A Biography
A few minutes later, they became engaged. The morning after as they sat at breakfast, he told her his name.
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In fact, though their acquaintance had been so short, they had guessed, as always happens between lovers, everything of any importance about each other in two seconds at the utmost, and it now remained only to fill in such unimportant details as what they were called; where they lived; and whether they were beggars or people of substance
Virginia Woolf: Orlando: A Biography
De laatste rookpaal is naar het Spoorwegmuseum in Utrecht gebracht.
NOS: Nieuwe stap in de strijd tegen roken: pakjes met een 'afstotende' kleur (2020-10-01)
The downside of audio books: I do not have a collection of favorite quotes after I am done with them.
Frequent-flying “‘super emitters” who represent just 1% of the world’s population caused half of aviation’s carbon emissions in 2018, according to a study.
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Only 11% of the world’s population took a flight in 2018 and 4% flew abroad.
The Guardian: 1% of people cause half of global aviation emissions – study