Quotation of the Week: Jan. 16

Sometimes the right words are hard to find.

"The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug." Mark Twain

Unnamed Story Issue One:

Here is a story I am currently writing in my free or unimportant time. I have not come up with a name yet, but perhaps, you, the reader, would be so obliging.

Issue One:
As a young girl I was often faced with various adversities and burdens. Now, as a young woman I am able to take a step back and reflect upon my childhood.
It is a simple uninteresting tale, but I nonetheless fell compelled to share it with you.
I came to my parents on February the 29th on a very cold winter's afternoon. My father was the town's blacksmith, and did not make much of a living, which I suppose began all our problems. For, it was on this fine winter's afternoon that I left my parents.
Just a little after my coming into the world my mother became very very ill. The midwife hired could do nothing for her, and recommended a doctor to be sent for. My father was a very poor man, however, and was quite aware he never could afford a physician.
He did what any loving father and husband would do. He called the doctor anyway. The only problem he now had to face was the matter of acquiring some money. Desperate, he went begging from from house to house throughout the village. To no avail however, for ours was a poor and selfish village. Walking sadly past the inn he chanced to notice a grand carriage had just pulled up and he watch a lady dressed in a dazzling gown step out jewels dangling from every inch of her body. He made up his mind then and there not tl ask the lady's name but to forage though her carriage for something to give the doctor as collateral.
Upon entrance to he carriage he found many objects of great worth. His eye, however, came to rest upon a golden bejeweled drinking vessel which he soon had tucked away in his belt.


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I hope you have enjoyed this! The next part will be available soon!

The Cotillion by Georgette Heyer: A Review

The Cotillion by Georgette Heyer begins in the depressing Arnside, where our heroine Kitty has lived all her life. Kitty is the ward of the scrooge-ish man, Mr. Penicuik, he summons his five unmarried great nephews to join him at Arnside for an important announcement. When the two that showed up on time (an the one who wasn't even invited) their Great Uncle announces that he is giving his vast fortune to his ward, Kitty, but only under the condition that she marries one of his great nephews.Enter Kitty her only problem besides the unwanted proposals of an oaf and a pastor, the man she "fancied herself in love with", Jack, doesn't show up!

After refusing two proposals she by chance meets up with Freddy Standen, one of Mr. Penicuik's great nephews, and comes up with the brilliant idea for him to propose and to pretend they are engaged so Kitty can experience the joys of London before she returns to her dull chilly life at Arnside. Ruefully Freddy agrees and she is swept off to London where she makes the most unusual acquaintances, plans the most outrageous schemes, learns to dance an amazing waltz, and finds love in an unexpected place.

Personally I think Heyer could have focused more on the main characters Freddy and Kitty, but I love this book. The ending is so adorable and it wraps up all the plots quite nicely. Definitely a recommended read, but if you are looking for a more comedic Heyer Romance novel I'd go for The Corinthian or The Convenient Marriage. But all in all three out of five stars.

Favorite Quotations from The Cotillion:
"No one could have called Mr. Standen quick-witted, but the possession of three sisters had considerably sharpened his instinct of self-preservation."


"Now you be a good girl, Meg, and don't, for the Lord's sake, try to think." Freddy Standen

Quotation of the Week: Jan. 9th

Here is a little food for thought:

"Dignity consists not in possessing honors, but in the consciousness that we deserve them."
Aristotle

A Quotation A Day Keeps the English Teacher Away

I was casually browsing the internet, much as I always do when I came upon this wonderful internet site full of wonderful quotations. This site allows you to search by author or category(for instance "Jane Austen", or "love").
Personally I think it is a wonderful tool. You are able to create an account with the site, or just use it as your own discretion.
Enjoy! Here are just some of the great quotes I found:


"Silly things do cease to be silly if they are done by sensible people in an impudent way." -Jane Austen Emma


"The trouble with being punctual is that nobody's there to appreciate it." -Franklin P. Jones 


...without further ado here is the address:


http://www.quotationspage.com/

-SoulOfDiscretion