Locturne

“Points of a journey do not matter when the journey has no destination, only an end.”
― Martin Amis, Money

“he waited for the water to carry him down, and fill him and slough his flesh and salt his guilty bones. But the water wouldn't take him.”
― Donal Ryan, From a Low and Quiet Sea

“Brainchild” is an odd word. You hear it a lot in explanatory voiceovers and I suppose I was trying to join in, but I don’t really like it. I’m not keen on the idea that my brain could have a child. Would it be made of brain – a child, made of grey brain, like a squelchy zombie? As metaphors for inspiration go, I prefer the lightbulb.”
― David Mitchell, Thinking About It Only Makes It Worse: And Other Lessons from Modern Life

“His face was like a quiet pool that would hold everything safe in its depth.”
― Madeline Miller, Circe