We'll Always Have Paris.

I recently watched Casablanca, as it is one of those films I have heard so much about and thought it was about time I saw. Even though it was a bit slow and the ending angered me (I felt like it wasn't romantic enough, whereas my friend insisted he was the ultimate romantic hero) I did enjoy it and my favourite line, "we'll always have Paris", held a significance for me (not about Paris, merely the sentiment), as well as it being one of my new favourite nail varnish colours (one of OPI's best).

#6 - From A Movie You Like.

One of my favourite movies ever is 'The Notebook'. I read the book but there is something so beautiful about the filming of the movie, of seeing the relationship between Allie and Noah in motion, that makes me smile and get teary no matter how many times I watch it. As a result, I can't choose one quote from the movie, so I have decided to post a few of my favourites:



"Summer romances begin for all kinds of reasons, but when all is said and done, they have one thing in common. They're shooting stars, a spectacular moment of light in the heavens, fleeting glimpse of eternity, and in a flash they're gone."




"So it's not gonna be easy. It's going to be really hard; we're gonna have to work at this everyday, but I want to do that because I want you. I want all of you, forever, everyday. You and me... everyday."


"I am no one special. Just a common man with common thoughts. I've led a common life. There are no monuments dedicated to me and my name will soon be forgotten, but in one respect I've succeeded as gloriously as anyone who ever lived. I've loved another with all my heart and soul and for me that has always been enough."


"She had come back into his life like a sudden flame; blazing and streaming into his heart. Noah stayed up all night contemplating the certain agony he knew would be his if he were to lose her twice. "

Rum Cherry Coffee Cake.

By following the variations section of the Victoria Sandwich recipe in Nigella's 'How To Be A Domestic Goddess', I made a Rum Cherry Coffee Cake earlier this week. I used rum cherry flavoured coffee in the mixture, and then used vanilla buttercream as the filling for the sandwich and I am more than happy with the results!

#5 - That Reminds You Of Your Childhood.

"All the world is made of faith, and trust and pixie dust."
- J.M Barrie, Peter Pan .

Sweet Tooth.

I love cake, in pretty much any form. As well as eating cook, I love making cakes - sponge sandwiches, cupcakes, cheesecakes...YUM. In a dream world, I would love to get enough practice in and be good enough to open my own little bakery, which would serve an assortment of delicious treats and various teas and coffees. This is all wishful thinking, of course, because in reality I have already chosen the career I want, and in another dream world I would also be a author, spending all of my time writing. But for today I will daydream about cakes and tea, and satisfying my own sweet tooth as well as others.






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#4 - That Reminds You Of Your Friends.

My closest friends and I are all a bit weird and have our little quirks that outsiders might find a bit strange. However, the fact that we all accept it means that our friendships all work quite well.

"A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are slightly cracked."
— Bernard Meltzer

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#3 - That Rings True.

I am so wonderfully useless and busy these days that I have already messed up my attempt to post a quote everyday for a month. I will not be defeated, I will get to the end of this challenge, it just may take a little longer than 30 days.

"I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge. That myth is more potent than history. That dreams are more powerful than facts. That hope always triumphs over experience. That laughter is the only cure for grief. And I believe that love is stronger than death."
-Roger Fulgham, All I Really Need to Know I Learnt in Kindergarten

#2 - That Makes You Think.

“Humans are the only animal that blushes, laughs, has religion, wages war, and kisses with lips. So in a way, the more you kiss with lips, the more human you are. And the more you wage war.”
― Jonathan Safran Foer, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

#1 - That Makes You Laugh.

"I haven't any right to criticise books, and I don't do it except when I hate them. I often want to criticise Jane Austen, but her books madden me so that I can't conceal my frenzy from the reader; and therefore I have to stop every time I begin. Everytime I read 'Pride and Prejudice' I want to dig her up and beat her over the skull with her own shin-bone."
- Mark Twain; Letter to Joseph Twichell, 13 September 1898

Challenge.

This month I wanted to set myself some kind of challenge. I have set myself a writing challenge, that I may eventually share on here, but for now I am going to set myself a challenge where everyday I am going to post a quote, as I am always scrawling them down and I have notebooks and scraps of paper everywhere that are absolutely covered in the words of others. How well I stick to this remains to be seen.

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