Now, as Stanley lay on his cot, he thought it was kind of funny in a way. Nobody had believed him when he said he was innocent. Now, when he said he stole them, nobody believed him either.
As said in the 1998 book Holes by Louis Sachar. It tells of Stanley Yelnats who has to adapt when sent to a correctional facility in Texas after being accused of stealing a pair of valuable trainers.
“Ed Truck. Yuck. Ed Truck was the manager before me. Horrible. He hated fun. It was like, “Oh, Ed Truck is walking toward us, so stop having fun. Start pretending to do work.” What a jerk! He’s You know what? I swore to myself that if I ever got to walk around the room as manager, people would laugh when they saw me coming and would applaud as I walked away.”
The inimitable Michael Scott (Steve Carell) in the critically acclaimed The Office (2005 – 2013).
Isn’t it odd. We can only see our outsides, but nearly everything happens on the inside
Taken from the short but hugely powerful children’s story The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse by.Charlie Mackesy. Merry Christmas everyone!
Always go a little further into the water than you feel you’re capable of being in. Go a little bit out of your depth. And when you don’t feel that your feet are quite touching the bottom, you’re just about in the right place to do something exciting.
Written and directed by Brett Morgen, Moonage Daydream (2022) sets out to, and perfectly achieves, capturing the creative essence of David Bowie and just what made him so special.
Perhaps even people you like and admire immensely can make you see the World in ways you would rather not.
Taken from the much acclaimed fantasy novel Piranesi (2020) by Susanna Clarke.
“I wish there was a way to know you were in the good old days before you actually left them.”
Andy Bernard (Ed Helms) in the much acclaimed American mockumentary series The Office (2005 – 2013).
This guy’s walking down a street when he falls in a hole. The walls are so steep, he can’t get out. A doctor passes by, and the guy shouts up, “Hey you, can you help me out?” The doctor writes a prescription, throws it down in the hole and moves on. Then a priest comes along, and the guy shouts up “Father, I’m down in this hole, can you help me out?” The priest writes out a prayer, throws it down in the hole and moves on. Then a friend walks by. “Hey Joe, it’s me, can you help me out?” And the friend jumps in the hole. Our guy says, “Are you stupid? Now we’re both down here.” The friend says, “Yeah, but I’ve been down here before, and I know the way out.”
Leo McGarry (John Spencer) with a reminder that he will always have Josh Lyman’s back in the episode “Noel” from the political show The West Wing (1999- 2006).
“I cannot lead you into battle. I do not give you laws or administer justice. But I can do something else. I can give you my heart and my devotion to these old islands and to all the peoples of our brotherhood of nations.”
Thank you for your dignity, kindness, warmth and devotion throughout your seventy years on the throne. Thank you for everything Queen Elizabeth II. May you rest in peace.
Another wonderful cartoon by the fantastic Liz Climo. You can find more of her cartoons on her homepage.
Rear Admiral: The end is inevitable, Maverick. Your kind is headed for extinction.
Maverick: Maybe so, sir. But not today.
Ed Harris and Tom Cruise in the sensational Top Gun: Maverick (2022), a long-awaited sequel to the hugely popular Top Gun (1986).
Alex Raphael 