Wind, Sand and Stars
I once knew a young suicide. I cannot remember what disappointment in love it was which induced...
Tag: life
The Bell
Since her arrival at Imber she had not for one second seriously contemplated leaving. But now,...
Descending Figure
PORTRAIT A child draws the outline of a body.She draws what she can, but it is white all...
The Sea, The Sea
‘Every persisting marriage is based on fear,’ said Peregrine. Fear is fundamental, you dig down in...
The Course Of Love
Pronouncing a lover “perfect” can only be a sign that we have failed to understand them. We can claim to have begun to know someone only when they have substantially disappointed us.
Ulysses
It little profits that an idle king, By this still hearth, among these barren crags, Match’d...
The Goldfinch
But depression wasn’t the word. This was a plunge encompassing sorrow and revulsion far...
Desiderata
Go placidly amid the noise and the haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far...
Naive. Super
A human being weighing 70 kilograms contains among other things: – 45 litres of water...
I definitely should have said something
that moment our eyes met just walking down the street. there’s no emoji for it, nor an app...
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
From the Veranda of the Room of the Last Chrysanthemum at the Magistracy The Ninth Day of the...
Why Do We Live?
When questions are especially interesting and difficult at the same time, as yours is, they tend...
