‘Women used to have time to make mince pies and had to fake orgasms. Now we can manage the orgasms, but we have to fake the mince pies. And they call this progress.’ – Allison Pearson, I Don’t Know How She Does It: The Life of Kate Reddy, Working Mother Bought pastry and bought mincemeat… Continue reading #340: Mince pies
‘Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.’ – Norman Vincent Peale
‘When the sun has set, no candle can replace it.’ – George R.R. Martin
‘Carve your name on hearts, not tombstones. A legacy is etched into the minds of others and the stories they share about you.’ – Shannon L. Alder
‘Christmas, children, is not a date. It is a state of mind.’ – Mary Ellen Chase
‘Are you a lucky little lady in the City of Light? Or just another lost angel… City of Night?’ – Jim Morrison
‘He could tell by the way animals walked that they were keeping time to some kind of music. Maybe it was the song in their own hearts that they walked to.’ – Laura Adams Armer, Waterless Mountain
‘The most dangerous drink is gin. You have to be really, really careful with that.’ – Dylan Moran
‘The greatest products of architecture are less the works of individuals than of society; rather the offspring of a nation’s effort, than the inspired flash of a man of genius…’ – Victor Hugo, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
‘In every change, in every falling leaf there is some pain, some beauty. And that’s the way new leaves grow.’ – Amit Ray
