“Since man cannot live without miracles, he will provide himself with miracles of his own making. He will believe in witchcraft and sorcery, even though he may otherwise be a heretic, an atheist, and a rebel.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov ... See MoreSee Less
"Of all the months of the year there is not a month one half so welcome to the young, or so full of happy associations, as the last month of the year." - Charles Dickens ... See MoreSee Less
"I like this day; I like that sky of steel; I like the sternness and stillness of the world under this frost." - Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre ... See MoreSee Less
"All architecture is great architecture after sunset; perhaps architecture is really a nocturnal art, like the art of fireworks. " - G.K. Chesterton ... See MoreSee Less
“I was no longer a master, but an animal among the animals, under the Martian heel ... the fear and empire of man had passed away.” - H. G. Wells, The War of the Worlds ... See MoreSee Less
“Well, maybe it started that way. As a dream, but doesn’t everything. Those buildings. These lights. This whole city. Somebody had to dream about it first. And maybe that is what I did. I dreamed about coming here, but then I did it.” ― Roald Dahl, James and the Giant Peach ... See MoreSee Less
Hey all, apparently there is a 30% off Black Friday sale on Lulu, so you can get the paperback version of the Dark Edinburgh book with discount code TWINKLE30. Ideal if you are outside UK and ideal for Christmas.
"Twas the month(sic) before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse." - Clement Clarke Moore, A Visit from St. Nicholas ... See MoreSee Less
“Since man cannot live without miracles, he will provide himself with miracles of his own making. He will believe in witchcraft and sorcery, even though he may otherwise be a heretic, an atheist, and a rebel.”
― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov ... See MoreSee Less
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A quiet, snowy corner of Lauriston Castle this morning. ... See MoreSee Less
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"Of all the months of the year there is not a month one half so welcome to the young, or so full of happy associations, as the last month of the year."
- Charles Dickens ... See MoreSee Less
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"I like this day; I like that sky of steel; I like the sternness and stillness of the world under this frost."
- Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre ... See MoreSee Less
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"When shall we three meet again?
In thunder, lightning, or in rain?"
- William Shakespeare, Macbeth ... See MoreSee Less
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"All architecture is great architecture after sunset; perhaps architecture is really a nocturnal art, like the art of fireworks. "
- G.K. Chesterton ... See MoreSee Less
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“I was no longer a master, but an animal among the animals, under the Martian heel ... the fear and empire of man had passed away.”
- H. G. Wells, The War of the Worlds ... See MoreSee Less
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“Well, maybe it started that way. As a dream, but doesn’t everything. Those buildings. These lights. This whole city. Somebody had to dream about it first. And maybe that is what I did. I dreamed about coming here, but then I did it.”
― Roald Dahl, James and the Giant Peach ... See MoreSee Less
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"Something wicked this way comes."
- William Shakespeare, Macbeth ... See MoreSee Less
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"That's how you came here, like a star without a name. Move across the night sky with those anonymous lights."
- Rumi ... See MoreSee Less
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Hey all, apparently there is a 30% off Black Friday sale on Lulu, so you can get the paperback version of the Dark Edinburgh book with discount code TWINKLE30. Ideal if you are outside UK and ideal for Christmas.
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“Let me, O let me bathe my soul in colours; let me swallow the sunset and drink the rainbow.”
― Khalil Gibran ... See MoreSee Less
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“In an instant all will vanish and we'll be alone once more, in the midst of nothingness.”
― Samuel Beckett, Waiting for Godot ... See MoreSee Less
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“Distance has the same effect on the mind as on the eye.”
― Samuel Johnson, The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia ... See MoreSee Less
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"Twas the month(sic) before Christmas, when all through the house
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse."
- Clement Clarke Moore, A Visit from St. Nicholas ... See MoreSee Less
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