Confit is not something that comes to mind for summer. Usually it means duck confit, made by cooking the legs and thighs in duck fat to preserve them for winter.
Why is summer mist romantic and autumn mist just sad?
I have found that sitting in a place where you have never sat before can be inspiring.
Noble deeds and hot baths are the best cures for depression.
The family - that dear octopus from whose tentacles we never quite escape, nor, in our inmost hearts, ever quite wish to.
The key to all knowledge comes in words of just one syllable, apparently. . . . There's only the last page left to write on. I'll fill it with words of just one syllable. I love. I have loved. I will love.
When I read a book, I put in all the imagination I can, so that it is almost like writing the book as well as reading it - or rather, it is like living it. It makes reading so much more exciting, but I don't suppose many people try to do it.
Most people aren't sure what's going to happen on a first date. Given that ambiguity, every woman must be totally aware at every moment that she is responsible for every choice she makes. . . . protect yourselves. See trouble coming.
She reached down and traced my eyebrows. 'You do have really beautiful eyes. ' 'We get to keep them,' I said. Grace started at my voice. 'What?' 'It's the one thing we keep. Our eyes stay the same. ' I unclenched my fists. 'I was born with these eyes. I was born for this life.
Much like photographs, I also love the idea that ghosts are memories frozen in time. We can be haunted by both just as horrifically. One really becomes a metaphor for the other.
When one realizes that his life is worthless he either commits suicide or travels.