#116: Sunset
‘We shall take a star out of the skies and shall set thousands of worlds on fire…’ – Cordwainer Smith, The Rediscovery of Man
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#115: Pool
‘Stretched and skewed Tap of the 8-ball and the cue Scratches fall through They are the scars of you’ – Criss Jami, Salomé: In Every Inch In Every Mile
#114: Rooftop
‘Mine was the twilight and the morning. Mine was a world of rooftops and love songs.’ – Roman Payne, Rooftop Soliloquy
#113: Piano
‘The pianokeys are black and white but they sound like a million colors in your mind’ – Maria Cristina Mena
#112: Chub
‘Alive without breath, As cold as death; Never thirsty, ever drinking, All in mail never clinking.’ – J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit I have said before that I am oddly fascinated with taxidermy, and I think this fish is the reason why. It was caught by my great-grandfather. A simple chub that has now lived in… Continue reading #112: Chub
#111: New egg
‘”These eggs are broken. Cracked.” “Yes, ma’am. That happens sometimes.” “Does it?” “Yes, it’s the unfortunate part of being an egg.”‘ – Peter Hedges, What’s Eating Gilbert Grape
#110: Dresses
‘Dress shabbily and they remember the dress; dress impeccably and they remember the woman.’ – Coco Chanel
#109: Best and Worst
‘The way humans hunt for parking and the way animals hunt for food are not as different as you might think.’ – Tom Vanderbilt, Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do I should definitely have waited to do my victory dance at the reduced donuts until I got back to my car…
#108: Eye
‘The soul, fortunately, has an interpreter – often an unconscious but still a faithful interpreter – in the eye.’ – Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre At the Sadlers Wells Theatre, seeing a ballet production called ‘She Said’ and this was on the interval curtain. Sadly I saw it on the last night, otherwise I would definitely… Continue reading #108: Eye
#107: Snail
‘I am the Angel of Death to any kind of plant.’ – Sara Sheridan I do suspect that this quote is more appropriate for my gardening skills than the snail but never mind…