Archive - Motley Stories

November 2024

“We're in the business of selling pleasure. We don't sell handbags or haute couture. We sell dreams.” Alain Wertheimer, chairman of Chanel fashion…

Nov 30, 2024 •

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Daddy, what did you do in the Great War?

British First World War recruitment poster, 1915.

Nov 23, 2024 •

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"Empty chairs at empty tables, where my friends will meet no more". Song from Les Misérables.

Nov 16, 2024 •

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"Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read". Groucho Marx

Nov 9, 2024 •

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“In ancient times cats were worshipped as gods; they have not forgotten this.” Terry Pratchett.

Nov 2, 2024 •

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October 2024

"An’ haud their Halloween, Fu’ blithe that night." Robert Burns

Oct 31, 2024 •

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"Our house is a very, very, very fine house." Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young.

Oct 26, 2024 •

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"One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well." Virginia Woolf.

Oct 19, 2024 •

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"Tell me what you eat, and I shall tell you what you are." Anthelme Brillat-Savarin.

Oct 12, 2024 •

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