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[sincere]

Stealing, of course, is a crime, and a very impolite thing to do. But like most impolite things, it is excusable under certain circumstances. Stealing is not excusable if, for instance, you are in a museum and you decide that a certain painting would look better in your house, and you simply grab the painting and take it there. But if you were very, very hungry, and you had no way of obtaining money, it might be excusable to grab the painting, take it to your house, and eat it.

--"The Wide Window," Lemony Snicket

Speaking of brilliant writing, I would like to take this moment to remind all of you that the person who is responsible for this thing is a published author and you are not.

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[phinnia.livejournal.com]

Well, yeah. Because if you're really that hungry that the Mona Lisa looks appetizing (sounds dodgy, should have used a different painting, oh well, carry on) you really, /really/ need food.

This is obviously some strange use of the world 'brilliant' that I wasn't previously aware of.

[zinniazayda.livejournal.com]

I looove those little pedantic, "moralistic" asides.