Mel

“Where did the moor start? That's a highly debatable question. Where does the true north start? Where do moths end and butterflies begin? Where is the border between 'sometimes fancies members of the opposite sex but doesn't actually want to touch their sexual organs' and 'is definitely gay'? Who decides what's soulful funk and what's funky soul? There's always some hard-bitten unimpressable bastard who'll tell you, when you're on the moor, that you're not on the proper moor, no matter how far into the moor you are. But let's not piss about. This - whether or not it's 'technically' on the moor, as the map defines it - is a moorland village. You know, very firmly when you're in it, that you're not in London, or Kettering, or Ipswich. You're in Underhill. As you pass from the high ground down that funnel, so exquisitely depicted by Joyce, the air of the uplands remains in your nostrils, the trees have beards, the lanes have ferny green sideburns, and your hair is made of rain. It's the bloody moor, you pedantic bastards.”
― Tom Cox

“The only things stopping me today are: genetics, lack of will, income, brain chemistry, and external events.”
― Robin Ince, I'm a Joke and So Are You: Reflections on Humour and Humanity

“So much of our culture depicts young girls dreaming about their weddings. But every middle-aged woman I know dreams about living alone in the woods, maybe with a dog.”
― Lyz Lenz, This American Ex-Wife: How I Ended My Marriage and Started My Life

“It's a boozy night, and the regulars are practically dry-humping the bar.”
― Stacey Richter, MY DATE WITH SATAN: Stories