Chris

“on the façade of the house the lighted candles opened eyes of gold within the window frames.”
― Italo Calvino, The Baron In The Trees: A Masterpiece of Literary Fiction about a Nobleman Who Lived His Entire Life in the Trees

“Did it matter if Lego would never biodegrade, would outlast Notre Dame, the pyramids at Giza, the pigment daubed on the walls at Lascaux?”
― Rumaan Alam, Leave the World Behind

“So many stories were told about him: that he had held important positions—grand dignitary of the sultan, hydraulic engineer to the diwan, or others like that”
― Italo Calvino, The Baron In The Trees: A Masterpiece of Literary Fiction about a Nobleman Who Lived His Entire Life in the Trees

“The archaic mother—Tiamat, or the T. rex—is an unlikely role model. Even in all her power, she’s ugly: slimy, roaring, irrational, seemingly little more than a uterus with some anger management issues attached. (But enough about me!)”
― Sady Doyle, Dead Blondes and Bad Mothers