‘Look beneath the surface; let not the several quality of a thing nor its worth escape thee.’ – Marcus Aurelius, Meditations I’ve always taken pride in my appearance. I’m not good at casual dressing and I feel more comfortable in dresses and heels than I do in my pyjamas, which is probably why almost no […]
Read more "Underneath it all…"‘Just let yourself be broken and humiliated. Just your whole life, keep telling people, I’m sorry. I’m sorry. I’m sorry. I’m sorry. I’m sorry…’ – Chuck Palahniuk, Choke Yesterday wasn’t a very good day and I spent a lot of it saying that I was sorry. In line with the typical British cliche, it’s how […]
Read more "Is it too late now to say sorry?"‘It’s like a beast, a beast that was asleep for a long, long time. And now the beast is wide-awake and wants to be fed.’ – Dr Izzie Stevens, Grey’s Anatomy I knew I was being unreasonable and worse, unhelpful, but it wasn’t my fault. I was talking to yet another person in the long […]
Read more "Horny as fuck…"‘The things she said seemed to have very little relation to the last thing she had said a minute before. She was the sort of person, Tommy thought, who might know a great deal more than she chose to reveal.’ – Agatha Christie, By the Pricking of My Thumbs I love, love, when I read […]
Read more "Asking all the questions…"‘There are no innocent bystanders … what are they doing there in the first place?’ – William S. Burroughs, Exterminator! His hands grip my hips to hold me firmly in place as he kicks my feet further apart. I bend over to rest my elbows on the black raised bed, balancing on my tiptoes as […]
Read more "Public service announcement: on exhibitionism…"‘Morale still seems reasonably high and, while the desertion rate has risen, it is still limited to those who can walk.’ – Woody Allen When I started this blog, I intended on keeping the fact that I am a doctor a secret – I’m still a bit afraid that the GMC will discover it and […]
Read more "On morale…"‘The charm of the unknown is gone and the charm of familiarity has not yet come. We’ll survive it.’ – Erich Maria Remarque, Arch of Triumph: A Novel of a Man Without a Country You know Girl on the Net, right? You’re reading my blog so you must know Girl on the Net! She’s the […]
Read more "Illusion of familiarity…"Piglet sidled up to Pooh from behind. “Pooh!” he whispered. “Yes, Piglet?” “Nothing,” said Piglet, taking Pooh’s paw. “I just wanted to be sure of you.” – A.A. Milne, The House at Pooh Corner I remember the second time I met him much more clearly than the first. My memory of our first date is […]
Read more "The assurances of others…"‘Oh, figures!’ answered Ned. ‘You can make figures do whatever you want.’ – Jules Verne, 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea I like numbers. I like patterns in numbers and the significance of individual figures or statistics, but I also know that numbers can be used to tell a story – their real power often lies […]
Read more "The number of the beast…"‘I am glad I was up so late, for that’s the reason I was up so early.’ – William Shakespeare, Cymbeline There’s not enough time. The lie-in has been too long, too much time was spent over tea and breakfast, and now the commitments of the day have started looming over us. It’s definitely time […]
Read more "Time for something quick…"