Gina

“Around the corner from happiness, sadness is sitting on the porch”
― Lauren Francis-Sharma

“Bachelors of forty are society’s stray cats. We are taken in by households and fed and made a fuss of;”
― Robert Harris, An Officer and a Spy

“In life you have to learn to count the good days. You have to tuck them in your pocket and carry them around with you. So I’m putting today in my pocket and I’m off to bed.”
― Richard Osman, The Thursday Murder Club

“Inside, the box was divided into tiered chambers, each with a lacquered lid, and these held a selection of ground and whole spices: sage, turmeric, cumin, ginger, mustard, cinnamon, asafetida, mace, cayenne, and cloves. I felt like an emperor receiving the treasures of a new country. The odor rising from the box was like a clambering vine wrapping itself thickly around my head, musky with the deep minerals of the earth and dusting my shoulders with a rainbow of pollen.”
― Eli Brown, Cinnamon and Gunpowder