#269: Medal
‘Gold medals aren’t really made of gold. They’re made of sweat, determination, and a hard-to-find alloy called guts.’ – Dan Gable, American athlete
‘Gold medals aren’t really made of gold. They’re made of sweat, determination, and a hard-to-find alloy called guts.’ – Dan Gable, American athlete
‘What strange phenomena we find in a great city, all we need do is stroll about with our eyes open. Life swarms with innocent monsters.’ – Charles Baudelaire
Here’s the grave of Agatha Christie. She was the best of friends with my great grandad, the local vicar. They spent hours playing cards. As far as I know none of these games ever resulted in a murder at the vicarage!
I often ask myself, what would Nigel do?
Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh
‘This was the ghetto: where children grow down instead of up.’ – Jerry Spinelli
‘Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter.’ – Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray