Philip Elwell

“The dreams of the rich, and the dreams of the poor - they never overlap, do they?

See, the poor dream all their lives of getting enough to eat and looking like the rich. And what do the rich dream of?

Losing weight and looking like the poor.”
― Aravind Adiga, The White Tiger

“I think I’m greedy, but I’m not greedy for money - I think that can be a burden - I’m greedy for an exciting life.”
― David Hockney

“Durum semolina, golden wheat wafting in Italian fields. Can you imagine how astonished the Italians would be if they knew that what they were exporting in 1971 was really loneliness”
― Haruki Murakami, Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman: Twenty-Four Stories

“I wonder what either of us knows about love. Our love has never been tested.”
― Haruki Murakami, Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman: Twenty-Four Stories