Laura Beecham

“The friends who met here and embraced are gone,
Each to his own mistake;”
― W.H. Auden

“The offing was barred by a black bank of clouds, and the tranquil water-way leading to the uttermost ends of the earth flowed somber under an overcast sky--seemed to lead into the heart of an immense darkness.”
― Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness

“You are -- your life, and nothing else.”
― Jean-Paul Sartre, No Exit

“The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.”
― George Orwell, Animal Farm