Tuesday 9 February 2021

10 February: Charles Lamb Quotes

Today's birth anniversary: on this date in 1775 Charles Lamb was born. He is best known for the children's book Tales from Shakespeare, which he produced with his sister, Mary Lamb.

  1. My motto is: Contented with little, yet wishing for more.
  2. Here cometh April again, and as far as I can see the world hath more fools in it than ever.
  3. I always arrive late at the office, but I make up for it by leaving early.
  4. The greatest pleasure I know, is to do a good action by stealth, and to have it found out by accident.
  5. Let us live for the beauty of our own reality.
  6. Don't introduce me to that man! I want to go on hating him, and I can't hate a man whom I know.
  7. The world meets nobody half way.
  8. Man, while he loves, is never quite depraved.
  9. I counsel thee, shut not thy heart, nor thy library.
  10. A man cannot have a pure mind who refuses apple dumplings.


Who's That Girl?

Matt Webster lives in a tower block and attends a failing school. He dreams of being a spy like James Bond. Little does he know that he is being watched by someone who can make him into even more than that – a superhero.


His first solo mission is to attend a ball at the Decembrian Embassy and discover who is planning to steal a priceless diamond. While there, he meets the mysterious Lady Antonia du Cane, and is powerfully drawn to her. It soon becomes clear, however, that Lady du Cane is not what she seems. Matt’s quest to discover who she really is almost costs him his career.


A modern day Guy Fawkes gathers a coterie around him with the aim of blowing up Parliament with a nuclear bomb. To achieve this, they need money. Lots of it. Selling the Heart of Decembria Diamond will provide more than enough. All that stands in their way is the Freedom League – but the League is beset by internal disagreements. Can the heroes put their differences aside in time to save the day?


Prime Minister Richard Miller and his wife Fiona grieve for their daughter, Yasmin, who has been missing for three years, and is presumed to be dead. Viper agent Violet Parker could hold the key to what happened to Yasmin, but Violet is accused of giving away the organisation’s secrets. She is to be executed without trial. Will she take her knowledge of what happened to Yasmin with her to her grave?


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