Inglês - Dia 50

"She came ashore playing a role, even though she played it unconsciously. The rich beautiful society bride on her honeymoon. She turned, with a little smile and a light remark, to the tall man by her side. He answered, and the sound of his voice seemed to interest Hercule Poirot. His eyes lit up and he drew his browns together."
Death on the Nile - Agatha Christie

"Life's battles don't always go to the stronger or faster man. But sooner or later, the man who wins is the man who thinks he can." Vince Lombardi

Word of the day:
Pavonine - (adjective) of or like a peacock. Resembling the feathers of a peacock, as in coloring.

* In her hands the curtains rustle; she hangs silks purchased this morning on Princess Road, color stirring pavonine in the lamplight of her bedroom.
Kate Moses, Wintering: A Novel of Sylvia Plath, 2003

* The sky was deep pavonine blue and cloudless, and there was a full moon.
Barbara Taylor Bradford, Angel, 1993

Imaginary Place of the day:
Abaton - Thought not inaccessible, no one has ever reached it and visitors headed for Abaton have been known to wander for many years without even catching a glimpse of the town. (...)
Sir Thomas Bulfinch, My Heart's in the Highlands, Edinburgh, 1892