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  1. The Ghost Monk @[email protected] ·

    "To the composition of novels and romances, nothing is necessary but paper, pens and ink, with the manual capacity of using them."

    - Henry Fielding, 'Tom Jones'

    (Oh, if only it were so!)
    #BookWormSat #writing #notwriting

    #bookwormsat #writing #notwriting
  2. Bevan Thomas @[email protected] ·

    "I was the type who looked at discussions of What Is Truth only with a view toward correcting the manuscript. If you were to quote 'I am that I am,' for example, I thought that the fundamental problem was where to put the comma."
    - Umberto Eco, "Foucault's Pendulum"
    #BookWormSat

    #bookwormsat
  3. Nifty Buckles Folklore @[email protected] ·

    Celebrate Antoine Wiertz's birthday and his premature burial masterpiece with the theme strange things that happen around coffins and in graveyards.

    #BookWormSat 🕯️✨ The Fairy Coffins, discovered in 1836 in Edinburgh, are a mystery with no clear origin. Though dubbed “Fairy Coffins,” they aren’t linked to fairy rites. Early theories link them to witchcraft, particularly near Arthur’s Seat, known for witch gatherings. #FairyCoffins #StrangeThings

    The Edinburgh Fairy Coffins in Public Domain

    #bookwormsat #fairycoffins #strangethings