“Imagination is the only weapon in the war against reality.” ― Lewis Carroll It’s funny how one can do everything else instead of taking five minutes to sit down with one owns thoughts and write, until suddenly, there is a dream. One can fly over a city, through clouds, circling around the red roofs of … Continue reading Dream spice
“I like the night. Without the dark, we’d never see the stars.” ― Stephenie Meyer, Twilight Rain pouring down the heavens on an early Sunday evening. Her face gloomy, rethinking her life choices. It had been over 15 minutes. The busses are never punctual. A black umbrella hanging from her left arm. The roof of … Continue reading Sceptre
“Deep in the human unconscious is a pervasive need for a logical universe that makes sense. But the real universe is always one step beyond logic.” ― Frank Herbert, Dune A stray dog walking up and down the street. Free from everyone and everything but all it ever wanted was to belong to somebody. To … Continue reading Quiet departure
“A single day spent doing things which fail to nourish the soul is a day stolen, mutilated, and discarded in the gutter of destiny.” ― Michel Faber, The Crimson Petal and the White Eyes wide open. Soft morning light contouring the walls. Colours shouting at my eyes. The harsh screen blaze of my phone showed … Continue reading Gentle cleansing milk
“Remember: the time you feel lonely is the time you most need to be by yourself. Life’s cruelest irony.” ― Douglas Coupland, Shampoo Planet Today I got licked by a toad. Maybe it was trying to get high, or it just wanted a princess; either way the irony did not get lost on me. There … Continue reading The toad
“What if this is as good as it gets?” ― Melvin Udall played by Jack Nicholson in As good as it gets 03:06 Why the fuck am I awake? Head pounding. Eyes swollen shut. Not many people know my eyes change colour when I cry. A blurry image of big dark green eyes with thick … Continue reading Sundown
“Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward. They may be beaten, but they may start a winning game.” ― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe I’ve been spending so much time in my head these days, that real life is passing through like a foggy dream. Thoughts of what could have been, memories of what was and countless … Continue reading San Martino
“It’s because it’s the beginning, and also the end. That was what she loved about the place where the water met the land. A promise of something fresh, a suggestion that even if what is happening now is to be suffered, there is an end and a beginning.” ― Jacqueline Winspear, Messenger of Truth A … Continue reading Metis
“Tell them that you weren’t hungry, tell them you followed the pomegranates seeds because they tasted like blood, like love.” ― Pauline Albanese, The Closed Doors Sun. The longing for a warmth long forgotten. Too many months sprinkled with neutral tones. Greys and whites and freezing cold. Spring came but the longed for, came and … Continue reading Persephone
“Everything you can imagine is real.” ― Pablo Picasso The beauty of the lovely pointy shapes of a late renaissance building was enhanced by the song currently whispering in my ears. It never occurred to me before how much movement and sound influence our perception of the world. Taking the train is a singular experience … Continue reading Boredom
Aromatic deception 
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