When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers. >> Oscar Wilde, (An Ideal Husband)By the time Lachlan managed to get himself and his frayed emotions under control, he was drained and exhausted. His eyes were red and puffy, his hair in a disarray, his suit dusty and creased from kneeling for god knows how long in the court hallway. His ( Read more... )

The past not only changed, but changed continuously. What most afflicted him with the sense of nightmare was that he had never clearly understood why the huge imposture was undertaken. The immediate advantages of falsifying the past were obvious, but the ultimate motive was mysterious. He took up his pen again and wrote: I understand HOW. I do not ( Read more... )

All hope abandon, ye who enter in. >> Dante Alighieri

If I’m an expert in anything, it’s losing hope. I doubt that gives me a one way ticket to offer advice to anyone finding themselves in a similar position, but I nay doubt it allows me to try and set one of my closest friends straight when I see him spiralling into despair.

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Intimacy is what makes a marriage, not a ceremony, not a piece of paper from the state. >> Kathleen Norris

( It’s one of those things in life that you just take for granted; you think its always going to be there when you want or need it. Then suddenly it’s gone and everything seems all-encompassing of it... )

You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.' You must do the thing you think you cannot do. >> Eleanor RooseveltMy uncle in Scotland asked me on the phone last night if ( Read more... )