Little white bag

“Vanilla is fine but Kink is so much better…” ― Annie Edmonds, Second Chances Sammy’s Story #1 The bell rang. I was attempting to hear something on the speaker as he knocked gently on the door. Nice I thought. Now I look stupid because my landlady thought to install the same bell for the apartment … Continue reading Little white bag

Sundown

“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

Duct tape

“I know it’s probably wrong to fantasize about giving a nun a karate chop in the neck, but I couldn’t help it. She was making me mad.” ― Meg Cabot, Shadowland I was sitting in the back of the bus minding my own business, as always lost in my own thoughts as the door opened … Continue reading Duct tape

San Martino

“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

Metis

“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

Boredom

“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

The looking glass

“All parents damage their children. It cannot be helped. Youth, like pristine glass, absorbs the prints of its handlers. Some parents smudge, others crack, a few shatter childhoods completely into jagged little pieces, beyond repair.” ― Mitch Albom, The Five People You Meet in Heaven I look in the mirror and I do not see … Continue reading The looking glass

Applause

“We don’t even ask happiness, just a little less pain.” ― Charles Bukowski The suffering writer is the most appreciated writer, only second to the dead writer. Pain strikes out of the blue and spreads all over their path of life, so they’ll slip over it over and over again. It will stick on their … Continue reading Applause

Flat reality

“She loved the sea only for its storms, and greenery only when it was scattered among ruins.” ― Gustave Flaubert Romance. I never understood the fascination around it. My aunt used to devour piles of books with Tarzan-type of men on the cover. The writing varies very much, the plot is always the same, but … Continue reading Flat reality