'And we went on living it, like a wave, that doesn't know
it is at every moment different water.'

- Alan Williamson, 'A Childhood Around 1950'

'For what it’s worth: it’s never too late or too early to be whoever you want to be. There’s no time limit, stop whenever you want. You can change or stay the same, there are no rules to this thing. We can make the best or the worst of it. I hope you make the best of it.... I hope you live a life you’re proud of. If you find that you’re not, I hope ( Read more... )

'Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.'

- Samuel Beckett, Worstward Ho

'This is one moment
But know that another
shall pierce you with a sudden painful joy.'

- TS Eliot

'I am always doing that which I can not do, in order that I may learn how to do it.'

- Picasso

'La perfection est atteinte non quand il ne reste rien à ajouter, mais quand il ne reste rien à enlever. ' ('Perfection is achieved not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to remove.')

- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

'Let it be the one
You know you know you need
Let the catch exceed
What you can afford'

- Imaginary Cities - Calm Before The Storm

we're the same
wonder why we go insane
we're the same
that's just how we're made
we're the same
oh but in a different way

it's a shame it's a shame it's a
shame shame shame

- Imaginary Cities, Marry The Sea

'Win or lose, you have to be in the game to play it and writing is a game which can deepen and enrich any player's experience, moment by moment. We can all feel we're not really up to it on any given day - and sometimes we're right, we should take a break. But not writing - that would be like not speaking, not touching, not kissing. Pauses are ( Read more... )

Oh don't you think
that people are the strangest things.
Design of desire
means all that the heart requires
is what it can't recognise.

Oh no, hmmmm

Oh don't you think
that people are the hardest things.
Design of desire
means all that the heart requires
is what it can't compromise.

- Wild Beasts, Loop the Loop