#36: Train
‘Time goes faster the more hollow it is. Lives with no meaning go straight past you, like trains that don’t stop at your station.’ – Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Shadow of the Wind
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#35: Bay tree
‘There were so many things a tree could do: add color, provide shade, drop fruit or become a children’s playground, a whole sky universe to climb and hang from; an architecture of food and pleasure, that was a tree.’ – Ray Bradbury
#34: Hard luck
‘You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from.’ – Cormac McCarthy, No Country For Old Men
#33: Spring?
“Is the spring coming?” he said. “What is it like?”… “It is the sun shining on the rain and the rain falling on the sunshine.” – Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Secret Garden It seems a bit early for spring, but the flowers have started blooming already in my parents’ garden.
#32: Fire
‘Fire is bright and fire is clean.’ – Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451
#31: Dog
‘I’ve seen a look in dogs’ eyes, a quickly vanishing look of amazed contempt, and I am convinced that basically dogs think humans are nuts.’ – John Steinbeck
#30: Red shoes
‘You cannot have it both ways. A dancer who relies upon the doubtful comforts of human love can never be a great dancer. Never.’ – Boris Lermontov, The Red Shoes Even when slightly muddy, my red shoes make every outfit! And who wants to be a great dancer anyway?!
#29: Street light
‘There are darknesses in life and there are lights, and you are one of the lights, the light of all lights.’ – Bram Stoker, Dracula I’m going to have to get better at taking the photos for this project during the day…I’m running out of ways to take photos with my phone at night!
#28: Cork
‘Memories, even your most precious ones, fade surprisingly quickly. But I don’t go along with that. The memories I value most, I don’t ever see them fading.’ – Kazuo Ishiguro, Never Let Me Go I hoard everything. I keep a lot of rubbish that reminds me of a special time or a particular place, and… Continue reading #28: Cork
#27: Chocolate eclairs
‘All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn’t hurt.’ – Charles M. Schulz