‘Just as the beauty myth did not really care what women looked like as long as women felt ugly, we must see that it does not matter in the least what women look like as long as we feel beautiful.’
– Naomi Wolf, The Beauty Myth
‘Every Polaroid snap seemed like an event in itself.’
– Peter Buse
‘I don’t like you, I love you. You’re a portent for me, a sign. I’ve always lived by signs.’
– Iris Murdoch, Henry and Cato
‘Are we human because we gaze at the stars, or do we gaze at the stars because we are human?’
– Neil Gaiman, Stardust
‘Nothing is set in stone. A bird can be refolded into a boat, a fish, a kimono, or any other extravagant vision. At other times it aches to return to its original folds.’
– Tor Udall, A Thousand Paper Birds
‘Touch has a memory’
– John Keats
‘Keep a little fire burning; however small, however hidden.’
– Cormac McCarthy, The Road
‘She’ll be wearing pink pyjamas when she comes…’
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– Toba Bita, Master of Stupidity
‘The world is in color, you have to work at black and white.’
– Andrew Maclean