12/10/13

Quote: the great city assumes a life of its own, and super cities such as London are always spilling beyond their limits, by eating up not just the countryside but also the imagination - transcending ideas about what a city should, or even could, be.

Observation: sometimes a third wheel can be used somewhere else as an essential part

Overheard: but he has really giant lips! I actually hate men with huge lips.

11/10/13

Quote: If our love is insanity then why are you my clarity?

Observation: a candle burns brightest when times are most desperate

Overheard: purple has connotations with royalty and shit.

10/10/13

Quote: If you need alcohol to do it, you probably shouldn't do it

Observation: it is socially unacceptable to stroke the palms of peoples' hands on the day you meet them.

Overheard: I didn't know you could list the alphabet! You're not just good at colouring, are you?

09/10/13

Quote: The best advice I can give you is think 1-2-3. When you're faced with a chance to do something, think 1-2-3 and then do it. Otherwise you'll over-think and over-analyse things and you won't do it, and you'll regret it for the rest of your life.
Observation: Some young people use the excuse of alcohol to get with anyone they can. If one person isn't interested, they'll just move onto the next.
Overheard: Turn around and look at that big crowd of people coming towards us. You'd think it was a zombie apocalypse but it's just the Bath Spa Netball Team.

08/10/13

Quote: They say that each night, when the duties of state permit, she climbs, on foot, and limps, alone, to the highest peak of the palace, where she stands for hour after hour, seeming not to notice the cold peak winds. She says nothing at all, but simply stares upward into the dark sky and watches, with sad eyes, the slow dance of the infinite stars.
Observation: Whistling is deemed a socially acceptable past time... to the one doing it. To others it is an assault on the ears.
Overheard: She has all the signs of being a fun-loving teenager. She likes metal for instance, and has been to loads of gigs and festivals. But she's just not excitable and fun. She's lovely, but lacks a funny bone.

07/10/13

Quote: There are lots of mysteries in this world. But the truth of it is that maybe... those things aren't really all that mysterious at all... Maybe they're just things I don't know about yet. And that's why they're mysterious.
Observation: Some people have no regard for others' feelings when they tell them information.
Overheard: I woke up after midday after a night out, and wanted to order a curry. Phoned my local curry place, and the automated voice said 'Sorry! We're not open till 4.' Why?! I would GIVE them my money! Stupid.

06/10/13

Quote: poor people staying in their houses as long as till the very fire touched them ... The poor pigeons, I perceive, were loth to leave their houses, but hovered about the windows and balconies, till some of them burned their wings and fell down.

Observation: some people change instantly the moment they are in a large group. It may be a defence mechanism, but it's upsetting they feel the need to use one.

Overheard: And you have to sound like a boy racer otherwise you'll stall. And I'm like 'Sorry guys! It's cause it's a diesel!'