Author: Mark

“The days are too long, the nights are too long, but life slips by like a field mouse in the grass.” Ezra Pound

Graham, Ireland

“If you do what you always did, you get what you always got.”

Mark, Retail Director

“He who saves just one life, saves the world entire.” Schindlers List

Anonymous, Serbia

“One tequila… two tequila… three tequila….are we there yet!?”

Cheyenne, 27, West Hollywood

“If you don’t trust yourself, nobody will.”

Taita, Brazil

“A cabbie is one, that on a journey home, becomes your mate who you enrol into your world. I love my black cab going home, I can be who I want to be knowing I am in a safe place.”

P.U, Technology

“If you look after the pennies, the pounds look after themselves (details).”

Matt, 21, Aberdeen

“Hell hatch no fury like a woman scorned.”

Anonymous, Wandsworth

“Don’t let the actions of others dictate your life.”

Trev, New York City

“Clothes make the man – naked people have little or no influence on society.” Mark Twain

Lia R

“Don’t be sorry, be PRODUCTIVE.”

Anonymous

“And so it begins.”

Baba, Manor House

 

“Teenagers are the best people because they are in a constant state of change.”

Sarah, 30, Secondary School Teacher

“Smile each day! Life is too short to frown.”

Sarah, 27, Primary School Teacher

“Go ugly early, avoid the rush.”

Anonymous, Dalston

“All I ever wanted was for you to have ten fingers and ten toes. Everything else has been a bonus.” Mother’s comment

Gemma, 30, Fashion Producer

“Bonkers is best.”

Ella, age 7

“Never be afraid to be yourself.”

Ella’s mother

“There are more waves than sailors.”

Jorge F, 33, Banker, Portugal

“The ideal home is one that is in a state of impermanency; in that house one may continue to dream.” Gaston Bachelard (The Poetics of Space)

Betsy, Dalston

“Laughing beats crying, crying of laughter beats both.”

Elean P

“If life is worth living then you must live it. Do not let the negativity of others get in your way, always stay positive & follow your dreams.”

Andy Copping, Concert Promoter

“Networking: Meet people. Learn. Share.”

Mike, France

“If you have good thoughts, they will shine out of your face like sunbeams, you will always look lovely.” Roald Dahl

Frankie, 26, Goldsmith/Lapidary

“Some people get to the door, others walk through it.”

Zach, Musician, New York City

“All we have is time and we don’t have much of that…”
“Duck tape is like the force. It has a light side and a dark side, and it holds the universe together.”

Anonymous, North America Expats

“It’s all well and good looking good on the outside, but don’t forget to create a life that feels good on the inside too.”

Carly, Donna, & Gemma, the retail girls

“New beginnings are often disguised as painful endings.” Lao Tzu
“There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to see the ways in which you yourself have changed.” Nelson Mandela

Anonymous (the above two)

“Expectation is the tool of the miserable.”

Kick Gurry, Actor, Australia

“Look for the happy.”

Bea K, Dublin

“It all comes down to unattachment and impermanence – it’s work. Every day.”

Luisa, 31, Drug Policy Advocate

“Whatever you lack in social skills, compensate in upper body strength. “

Leo, Business Man, Russia

“Don’t buy into anything you hear.”

Kajsa, Tarot Reader, Denmark

“Better a diamond with a flaw, than a pebble without one.” Chinese proverb

Anonymous