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1 " sit side by side on a bench, the only free space as the rest is given over to "
― Joss Stirling , Don’t Trust Me
2 " I rubbed my temples, feeling the headache slink out of hiding and steal the best seat in my brain like an early-bird sunbather covering a poolside lounger with his towel. ‘OK, OK, I admit it, m’lord, yes I did forget to take my shoes off last week. I’d forgotten my handbag and I was late for work. "
3 " Starting to doubt myself – and that’s very easy to do as doubt is my factory setting "
4 " T. S. Eliot is haunting me at the moment. "
5 " A crowd flowed over London Bridge, so many, I had not thought death had undone so many. "
6 " On Margate sands, I can connect Nothing with nothing. Thanks, T. S. How true. "
7 " Sherlock has a mind palace; I have a mind jumble sale. Eventually, if I rummage around enough, I’ll spot a bargain. "
8 " Not here, not listening. ‘Weave a circle round him thrice, And close your eyes with holy dread. "
9 " I’m so used to wearing a mask that lies just below the skin, that to have it out there for all to see was the most real, most truthful I’ve been for a long time. "
10 " a good friend will help you move, a true friend will help you move a dead body. "
11 " Walt Whitman: ‘To me the sun is a continual miracle, / The fishes that swim – the rocks – the motion of the waves – the ships with men in them, / What stranger miracles are there? "