#304: Death Mask
‘We understand how dangerous a mask can be. We all become what we pretend to be.’ – Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind
Category: The Other Livvy
#303: Halloween
‘Eye of newt, and toe of frog, Wool of bat, and tongue of dog, Adder’s fork, and blind-worm’s sting, Lizard’s leg, and owlet’s wing,— For a charm of powerful trouble, Like a hell-broth boil and bubble. Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn, and caldron bubble.’ – William Shakespeare
#302: Handprint
“Terror made me cruel . . .” – Emily Bronte, Wuthering Heights
#301: Rubbish
‘I didn’t tell him that I grew up in an ugly city that taught me how to look between dust and rubbish and potholes to find a splinter of glass that looked like unmelting ice, beautiful in its defiance of the sun.’ – Kamila Shamsie, Kartography
#300: Old man
‘I don’t have to hide anything any longer. I can let my face go because no one can see me’ – Roald Dahl
#299: Misty morning
‘He heard her in his heart – whispering from the mist’ – John Geddes, A Familiar Rain
#298: Gentleman
‘My duty as a gentleman has never interfered with my pleasures in the smallest degree.’ – Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest
#297: Concrete
‘They swore by concrete. They built for eternity.’ – Günter Grass
#296: Chandelier
‘The diamonds glinted under the glare of the chandelier and they looked like a thousand spider eyes’ – Kate Chisman, Creep
#295: Corfe Castle (2012)
‘Rocks in my path? I keep them all. With them I shall build my castle.’ – Nemo Nox