A Little George Eliot
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Comment of the Week

From "Romola," the historical novel I've been trying to get through for the past four months (I'm only on page 181), this paragraph is referring to the novel's anti-hero, Tito:

"Under every guilty secret there is hidden a brood of guilty wishes, whose unwholesome infecting life is cherished by the darkness. The contaminating effect of deeds often lies less in the commission than in the consequent adjustment of our desires - the enlistment of our self-interest on the side of falsity; as, on the other hand, the purifying influence of public confession springs from the fact, that by it the hope in lies is for ever swept away, and the soul recovers the noble attitude of simplicity."

I can relate!

And on a lighter note: Gigi of LotusMartinis left me this ROFL-worthy comment in response to Madame G.'s cutting-edge makeup advice:

BTW ~ I accidentally took Madame's beauty advice last night ~ "ALWAYS apply your lip liner at least 1/2 inch outside your natural lip-area..." The martinis were flowing, the lighting was bad, and I looked like Meg Ryan at the Oscars, right after the injections... :)

Thanks for the laugh, Gigi!