‘Change by itself is of no consequence – everything changes. The consciousness emerging from it is, I feel, of greater importance.’
– Savitri – P.S Rege
– The Penguin Book of Modern Indian Short Stories – Edited by Stephen Alter and Wimal Dissanayake
‘Neither of us spoke, partly because it was safer not to speak; and partly I think because the beauty of the starry heaven had taken hold upon us both, filling our hearts with thoughts too big for words.’
‘I withdrew from places that are preoccupied with winning and losing.’
‘The Courage To Be Disliked’ – Ichiro Kishimi and Fumitake Koga
‘There was a lot I still had left to discover that night, when I was lost and felt God in the desert. But I knew that I wouldn’t let the darkness consume me. Even in the darkest night, you can still find so much light.’
‘We’re all living in the aftermath of a cheese supper.’
‘When you insult or injure the unfortunate or the unhappy, you insult Christ Himself and He will not forget, for they are His Chosen ones.’
‘There where we find the deepest grief, there shall we begin the cure.’
‘The Knight’s Tale’ from The Canterbury Tales – Geoffrey Chaucer
‘The moon makes dark shadows where the dreams hide. The light is like reason, when the shadows go so too will the dreams.’
‘Though the ostensible aim of the war was to protect the Turks in the Danube provinces from the invading Russians, the real object, frankly avowed in the Press, was to destroy Sebastopol and end Russian naval power in the Mediterranean.’
The Reason Why – Behind the Scenes at the Charge of The Light Brigade – Cecil Woodham Smith
Things In My Head 