"When he hasn't slept well, he wants only a sugared muffin"

"When he hasn't slept well, he wants only a sugared muffin" - Rollingwood by Ben Marcus

"The little trees out the window are bare"

"The little trees out the window are bare" - Rollingwood by Ben Marcus

"He won't be able to fall back asleep"

"He won't be able to fall back asleep" - Rollingwood by Ben Marcus

"It's still dark when the weeping erupts"

"It's still dark when the weeping erupts" - Rollingwood by Ben Marcus

"Gone fishing"

"Will be back around 3/28" - Gone Fishing by Martina :-)

"Realizing that life is short and brutal"

"Realizing that life is short and brutal" - Going for a Beer by Robert Coover

"Did he finish his beer? Can't remember"

"Did he finish his beer? Can't remember" - Going for a Beer by Robert Coover

"I'd feel the other place running against the membrane of the world, almost touching it"

"I'd feel the other place running against the membrane of the world, almost touching it" - The Other Place by Mary Gaitskill

"Because it does make sense - only I don't know how"

"Because it does make sense - only I don't know how" - The Other Place by Mary Gaitskill

"She had looked right at me, but she had not seen me at all"

"She had looked right at me, but she had not seen me at all" - The Other Place by Mary Gaitskill

"I was stunned, so stunned that I couldn't move"

"I was stunned, so stunned that I couldn't move" - The Other Place by Mary Gaitskill

"I believe I had a normal childhood"

"I believe I had a normal childhood" - The Other Place by Mary Gaitskill

"Big and heavy movements, but delicate, too, in all the subtle, reactive leaves"

"Big and heavy movements, but delicate, too, in all the subtle, reactive leaves" - The Other Place by Mary Gaitskill

"I loved the mysterious darkness of the trees"

"I loved the mysterious darkness of the trees" - The Other Place by Mary Gaitskill

"When I was a kid, I liked walking through neighborhoods alone"

"When I was a kid, I liked walking through neighborhoods alone" - The Other Place by Mary Gaitskill

And Now for Something Completely Different ...

... since it is Rose Monday and one of the biggest German Rose Monday carneval parades took place in Mainz today (like it does every year ;-)). So instead of a quote I added two pages: faces - some portraits in b/w since b/w is my "colour" of choice for portraits. impressions - colourful glimpses of what happened today ...

"He hates reading, but he is bright"

"He hates reading, but he is bright" - The Other Place by Mary Gaitskill

"I stopped and tried to get my breath"

"I stopped and tried to get my breath" - Paranoia by Said Sayrafiezadeh

"Every man has to find how to make his own way in this world"

"Every man has to find how to make his own way in this world" - Paranoia by Said Sayrafiezadeh

"You're going to be sorry one day"

"You're going to be sorry one day" - Paranoia by Said Sayrafiezadeh

"I was just thinking about getting me a tattoo like that"

"I was just thinking about getting me a tattoo like that" - Paranoia by Said Sayrafiezadeh

"She couldn't go back to that house, obviously"

"She couldn't go back to that house, obviously" - Honor by Tessa Hadley