“At this point, harking back to the stuff about souls, Andersen bolts on a perplexing Christian salvation message about how the Little Mermaid can earn a soul if she is good for three hundred years, but every time she sees 'a rude, naughty child', she'll get more time in purgatory. Don't be rude or naughty or the mermaids will suffer? Please. Even as a child, I knew this was ridiculous.”
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“She has a strong instinct towards me.”
“I would carry her, to the other Side of a safe Harbour, a good place to sleep.”
“Turning Andersen around in Spanish: In Círculo de los Suicidas Perezosos now”
“Nigeria’s 2023 Presidential elections should best be described as Robbing Peter to Pay Paul.”
“Nigeria’s 2023 Presidential election should best be described as Robbing Peter to Pay Tinubu.”