until you believe that black is, in actual fact, white.

Alice: Through the Looking Glass (novel by Lewis Carroll)
"I see nobody on the road," said Alice.
"I only wish I had such eyes," the King remarked in a fretful tone. "To be able to see Nobody! And at that distance too! Why, it's as much as I can do to see real people, by this light."
...
"Who did you pass on the road?" the King went on, holding out his hand to the Messenger for some hay.
"Nobody," said the Messenger.
"Quite right," said the King: "this young lady saw him too. So of course Nobody walks slower than you do."
"I do my best," the Messenger said in a sullen tone. "I'm sure nobody walks much faster than I do."
"He can't do that," said the King, "or else he'd have been here first."
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(Alice wants to cut a plum cake and hand out slices, but every time she cuts a piece, it rejoins to the rest of the cake)
"You don't know how to manage Looking-glass cakes," the Unicorn remarked. "Hand it round first, and cut it after wards."
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(The White Queen to Alice, after promising her jam 'every other day')
"The rule is, jam to-morrow and jam yesterday — but never jam to-day."
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"I beg your pardon?" said Alice.
"It isn't respectable to beg," said the King.
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As large as life and twice as natural.
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Ever drifting down the stream —
Lingering in the golden gleam —
Life, what is it but a dream?


A gentle answer turns away wrath, but harsh words stir up anger.
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Those who control their anger have great understanding; those with a hasty temper will make mistakes.
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A person without self control is as defenseless as a city with broken down walls.
Proverbs 15:1, 14:29, 25:28


On Thursday (while everyone was at the swimming carnival =P) I went to the library and decided to read Animal Farm by George Orwell.

I read this before in year 7 as part of that reading challenge assessment we had towards the end of the year and I thought I should really read it again because it's so interesting!

Although it's actually not one of those books where it's like "OH MY GOSH I CAN'T PUT THIS BOOK DOWN!", it's interesting in the fact that it's got a lot to do with politics and how people change drastically over a course of time, short or long.

Oh, I'm so rude, I haven't even told you what the book is about.

Mr. Jones is a farmer who owns Manor Farm, but lately he's been slacking off; getting really drunk and forgetting to maintain/feed the animals and his once beautiful farm. Old Major, an old pig, tells the other animals that a Rebellion over the Humans will, inevitably, take place. When Old Major dies, the rest of the farm takes it as their responsibility to ensure the Rebellion takes place, and eventually they rid Manor Farm of Mr Jones and rename it as Animal Farm.
The pigs that take up leadership of the farm are Napoleon, Snowball and Squealer, who create ideals and a list of the Seven Commandments that the farm animals need to follow.
However, over time the whole farm just goes insanely corrupt and it isn't long before the ideals are forgotten.

Interesting, eh?
I know the word "politics" is relli a turn off, but trust me this book is interesting. It just goes to show, everyone has the potential to manipulate anything and brainwash you until you believe that black is, in actual fact, white.