Things to keep me (reasonably) sane

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Integrale
1.  Integrale by Jacques Brel
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  "A great performer and songwriter, wicked, funny and always deeply human. Always makes me fly...My mind-expanding drug and the first thing I'd save from a fire!"
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Cyrano de Bergerac (Oxford World's Classics)
2.  Cyrano de Bergerac (Oxford World's Classics) by Edmond Rostand
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  "Cyrano, the book (in all the languages I've got) and the movie: the second choices to save. One day I just have to learn fencing and try on a big nose..."
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Nicholas Nickleby (Wordsworth Classics)
3.  Nicholas Nickleby (Wordsworth Classics) by Charles Dickens
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  "Finnish edition had 960 pages and on page 450 I thought:: 'Oh no, soon this is going to end!' Dickens lets you laugh and cry and enjoy."
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The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (Penguin Popular Classics)
4.  The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (Penguin Popular Classics) by Victor Hugo
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  "Hugo's 'Hunchback of Notre Dame' and 'Les miserables' have to be read again every once in a while. Magical storytelling, deeply human, complex characters, pain and beauty... What more do you need?"
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The Plays of Anton Chekhov
5.  The Plays of Anton Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
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  "I just adore this guy! His stories and his plays, mostly the plays. So Russian, so familiar to us Finns - to me they are even funny. And I'd love to try acting Sonya - that is: if I can't be Cyrano..."
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Five Plays: "School for Wives", "Tartuffe", The "Misanthrope", The "Miser", The "Hypochondriac" (Methuen World Classics)
6.  Five Plays: "School for Wives", "Tartuffe", The "Misanthrope", The "Miser", The "Hypochondriac" (Methuen World Classics) by Moliere
The list author says:
  "Sometimes I also need to read Moliére's plays again - and they are always funny. Though he did steal some lines from the original Cyrano... But how simple am I, laughing again at stuff I already know?"
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Rasputin [VHS][1996]
7.  Rasputin [VHS][1996] VHS Alan Rickman
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  "Wanted to find Mesmer, but Rasputin is a great performance. Mesmer, though sadly somehow failed, seemed to carry an important message about human fragility. Thanks, I got it. And Rickman is GREAT!"
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Nothing Like The Sun
8.  Nothing Like The Sun by Sting
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  "This takes me back to my youth, one of the most powerful musical experiences of my life. And again: on and on the rain will say, how fragile we are... It should be always remembered."
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Le Petit Nicolas a DES Ennuis
9.  Le Petit Nicolas a DES Ennuis by J. Sempe
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  "Really: sometimes you just need to be a bit childish. And Nicolas is funny! Perhaps funnier in these adult (?) eyes than in children's eyes."
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Finn Family Moomintroll (Puffin Books)
10.  Finn Family Moomintroll (Puffin Books) by Tove Jansson
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  "Seriously! One should never lose everything one enjoyed as a child. And these stories have silent wisdom that is hard to define."
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Wiener Dog Art: A Far Side Collection
11.  Wiener Dog Art: A Far Side Collection by Gary Larson
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  "Dachshunds are funny, brave, clever, cunning - my favourite breed. And this is just plain silly! Besides, sometimes you just need a good laugh..."
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Harry Potter Hardback Box Set: Five Volumes
12.  Harry Potter Hardback Box Set: Five Volumes by J. K. Rowling
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  "Ok, these aren't masterpieces, but they entertain me immensely. And sometimes you need some magic..."
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Lord Peter - The Complete Lord Peter Wimsey Stories
13.  Lord Peter - The Complete Lord Peter Wimsey Stories by Dorothy L. Sayers
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  "...and sometimes you need a lot of gruesome murders, with witty conversation and a bit of romance, if possible, thank you..."
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Monty Python Live at The Hollywood Bowl [VHS]
14.  Monty Python Live at The Hollywood Bowl [VHS] VHS John Cleese
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  "...and sometimes you just need an ALBATROSS!!!"
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Monty Python Sings
15.  Monty Python Sings by Monty Python
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  "And when nothing else picks you up: 'Always look on the bright side of death...'"
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