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Sunday, June 13, 2004
I just finished reading the last book in Philip Pullman's "His Dark Materials" trilogy. Just for yuks, I did a Google search on "cheerful instead of surly", part of a key line at the end of the book. I found a few interesting pages, including this one, along with some odder stuff.
The line, in part, is: "...showing them how to be kind instead of cruel, and patient instead of hasty, and cheerful instead of surly, and above all how to keep their minds open and free and curious." I particularly like the cheerful/surly part, partially because it's just a nice turn of phrase, and in part because it's something I seem to be having trouble with lately.
The line, in part, is: "...showing them how to be kind instead of cruel, and patient instead of hasty, and cheerful instead of surly, and above all how to keep their minds open and free and curious." I particularly like the cheerful/surly part, partially because it's just a nice turn of phrase, and in part because it's something I seem to be having trouble with lately.
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