#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…
Tag: B+W
#97: Notre Dame de Paris
‘Admirable, however, as the Paris of the present day appears to you, build up and put together again in imagination the Paris of the fifteenth century…define clearly the Gothic profile of this old Paris upon an horizon of azure, make its contour float in a wintry fog which clings to its innumeral chimneys.’ – Victor… Continue reading #97: Notre Dame de Paris
#83: Sewing machine
‘I am certain that a Sewing Machine would relieve as much human suffering as a hundred Lunatic Asylums, and possibly a good deal more.’ – Margaret Atwood, Alias Grace
#59: Say ‘Boo’ to a goose
‘Some animals…are susceptible of shame, and watchful, as the goose.’- Aristotle
#54: BT Tower
‘Henry thinks the city is a success, a brilliant invention, a biological masterpiece–millions teeming around the accumulated and layered achievements of the centuries, as though around a coral reef, sleeping, working, entertaining themselves, harmonious for the most part, nearly everyone wanting it to work.’ – Ian McEwan, Saturday
#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
#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
#14: Shadow
‘How can I be substantial if I do not cast a shadow? I must have a dark side also if I am to be whole’ – C.G. Jung