Adrian Astner

“If only I could give you my total soul in one kiss”
― Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, Venus in Furs

“no matter how early you rise or how late you turn in, you never see that point where light begins or the first bruise of darkness bleeds in under its fragile skin; the beauty, and the scary, unfathomable wisdom of transition.”
― Irvine Welsh, Skagboys

“I grew up with David Bowie, the patron saint of the boy in his bedroom who felt alienated by the male culture of his peers.”
― Grayson Perry, The Descent of Man

“Every time I go back to Rome, I go back to that one spot. It is still alive for me, still resounds with something totally present, as though a heart stolen from a tale by Poe still throbbed under the ancient slate pavement to remind me that, here, I had finally encountered the life that was right for me but had failed to have.”
― André Aciman, Call Me by Your Name