Robben had more raw power from a standing start.
Olise has everything else.
Dribbling. Passing. Delivery from wide. And now the finishing, with those long legs getting shots off from anywhere.
If I could emulate any character from a book, it would be Meursault from The Stranger. I need that kind of emotional detachment from everything sometimes
5/5
The animals started on Manor Farm and ended on Manor Farm.
The revolution changed the landlord, not the system.
That's the real punchline of Animal Farm.
The most overlooked moment in Animal Farm is the last name change.
The animals' farm quietly goes back to being called Manor Farm.
A manor is a feudal estate. That one word basically gives you the entire tragedy of the book.
1/5
4/5
There's also a fun coincidence I can't unsee.
โManorโ sounds like โmanner,โ and the pigs gradually adopt the humans' manners throughout the book.
I can't prove Orwell intended that.
But once you notice it, it's hard to forget.
The Death of Ivan Ilyich hits different when you're studying medicine.
Everyone around his bed is performing concern. I keep wondering how I'll sit with patients without doing the same.
From Meditations, to The Death of Ivan Ilyich, Tender is the Flesh, and now The Stranger.
I might have read too many books preoccupied with death these past two months.