Extended Reading
  • Anita 2022-03-04 08:01:38

    Ordinary and lucky life

    On the last day of the New Year's Day holiday, under the guise of hurting fingers, I was able to walk in a loose and fat house with peace of mind. On the not-so-cold southern winter afternoon, I stopped and watched "London Family", with tears in my eyes at the end.

    Just meeting a good lover is...

  • Frank 2022-09-28 08:18:19

    Perceptions from the perspective of historical torrents

    I just watched the global economic history recently, and told about the rise of Britain, the road to prosperity brought by the industrial revolution, and the rapid development of the American economy after the globalization of the industrial revolution. High degree of urbanization, high wages, the...

  • Lavada 2022-03-19 09:01:10

    At the beginning of riding a bicycle, the whole person seems to be flying, shining and shining.

Ethel & Ernest quotes

  • [first lines]

    Raymond Briggs: [voice over] There was nothing extraordinary about my Mum and Dad, nothing dramatic, no divorce or anything, but they were my parents and I wanted to remember them by doing a picture book. It's a bit odd really, having a book about my parents up there in the best seller list among all the football heroes and cookbooks. They'd be proud of that, I suppose, or rather probably embarrassed too. I'd imagine they'd say, "It wasn't like that," or, "How can you talk about that?" Well, I have, and this is their story.

  • [last lines]

    Raymond Briggs: [with Jean, looking at the full grown pear tree in Ethel and Ernest's back yard] I grew it from a pip.