Personal discontent and lost illusion is the catalysis and the principal theme for every book ever written. The sign of maturity is when a person finally realizes that they would rather live truthfully than persist indulging his or her comforting delusions.

– Kilroy J. Oldster – Dead Toad Scrolls

Ph : Peter Coulson

Unexpected and pleasant surprises occur every day…random kindnesses from a stranger; would-be tragic accidents narrowly avoided; sicknesses healed…. We will notice if we look. We will see good sprinkled liberally over every day if we are open.

– Steve Goodier –

Ph : Peter Coulson

Given the ease with which health infuses life with meaning and purpose, it is shocking how swiftly illness steals away those certainties…Time unused and only endured still vanishes, as if time itself is starving, and each day is swallowed whole, leaving no crumbs, no memory, no trace at all.

– Elisabeth Tova Bailey – The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating

Ph : Peter Coulson

I am I.

I am personal.

I am subjective, intimate, private,

particular,

confessional.

All that happens,

happens to me.

The landscape I describe

is myself… .

If you’re interested

in birds, trees, rivers,

try reference books.

Don’t read my poems.

I’m no indexed bird,

tree or river,

just a registered Self.

– Nina Cassian – Take my word for it

Ph : Jaroslav Skojec