“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
“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
“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
“It cannot be seen, cannot be felt,Cannot be heard, cannot be smelt,It lies behind stars and under hills,And empty holes it fills,It comes first and follows after,Ends life, kills laughter.” ― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, or There and Back Again The watery white stuffy is finally disappearing and still I was very happy as I … Continue reading Gollum
Aromatic deception 