Kirk Norton

“A common gambler's is a nasty name.
The more exalted such a man may be
So much the more contemptible is he.”
― Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales

“imagine you are dead. after many years of exile you are permitted to cast a single glance earthward. you see a lampost and an old dog lifting his leg against it. you are so moved that you cannot stop sobbing.”
― Paul Klee

“All the worth-while things in life. All mixed up. Rooms in candle-light. Leisure. Colour. Travel. Books. Music. Pictures. People—all kinds of people. Work that you love. And growth—growth and watching people grow… That’s what I mean by beauty. I want Dirk to have it.”
― Edna Ferber, So Big

“I see her as a series of marvellous shapes formed at random in a kaleidoscope of desire.”
― Angela Carter, The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman