“And for two hours the wine was poured, the cheese cut, and the two men talked. Of what? Who knows? Of love, of war, of the past. And they listened with hearts instead of ears, and in the candle-lit kitchen three floors up in an old palazzo, death was put on hold.”
― Still Life
― Still Life
“No single act of generosity remains in isolation. The ripples are many.”
― Still Life
― Still Life
“Women eat ice-cream, men toast marshmallows.”
― Cry Of The Wolf
― Cry Of The Wolf
“If you’re going to get it wrong, Martha, make sure you get it wrong with PANACHE! Surely they’ll give you a mark for style, at least?”
― Iona Iverson's Rules for Commuting
― Iona Iverson's Rules for Commuting
“There are moments in life, so monumental and still, that the memory can never be retrieved without a catch to the throat or an interruption to the beat of the heart. Can never be retrieved without the rumbling disquiet of how close that moment came to not having happened at all.”
― Still Life
― Still Life
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