‘Come thou, love, my own, my only, Through the battlements of Groan; Lingering becomes so lonely When one lingers on one’s own.’ – ‘Linger now with me, thou Beauty’, from Titus Groan by Mervyn Peake On Thursday the University of Wolverhampton hosted a lecture by Sebastian Peake, son of the poet, author and artist, Mervyn [...]
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Fight the Sky is a collection of fifteen surreal short stories. You can read a preview and purchase from the publisher, or visit Amazon, Lulu, WHSmith and Waterstone's.
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All posts tagged Quotes
I am the wilderness lost in man
Posted by Sinéad on February 5, 2012
http://www.paintinglies.com/2012/02/i-am-the-wilderness-lost-in-man/
This bold heart beats on
“We’re animals trying to be angels, but we are not able to know without words; yet we grow without knowing the verb, and we love without grammar.” – Anno Birkin, 1980-2001 Try not to lose sight of what inspires you. You might change, and grow, and move on, but remember that the flicker came to you [...]
Posted by Sinéad on November 8, 2011
http://www.paintinglies.com/2011/11/this-bold-heart-beats-on/
Last inch
“I shall die here. Every inch of me shall perish. Every inch, but one. An inch. It is small and it is fragile and it is the only thing in the world worth having. We must never lose it or give it away. We must never let them take it from us.”
Posted by Sinéad on November 6, 2011
http://www.paintinglies.com/2011/11/last-inch/
Little monsters.
Observe, Jaster parading round the living room with an empty packet of Monster Much engulfing his head: He’s such a maniac! He likes tea, biscuits, steals toast from your plate, quite enjoys the odd pizza crust if he can swipe it while you aren’t looking…what a hoodlum! Chip has also been feeling adventerous lately, though [...]
Posted by Sinéad on February 12, 2010
http://www.paintinglies.com/2010/02/little-monsters/
Byron.
Not gonna lie, I’ve had a pretty crap day off. I have five straight days of work ahead of me, so I thought maybe, just maybe I’d enjoy my day off…but nah. It started off badly and just got worse, to be honest. I’m pretty pissed off about the whole she-bang, but what can you [...]
Posted by Sinéad on October 4, 2009
http://www.paintinglies.com/2009/10/byron/
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