“The thing about being irresponsible is it's only cute till you are about twenty-two or so, then it becomes a liability. One day you wake up under a pizza box, the television blaring in your bedroom, the laundry piled up over what might be a bedside table, and you ask yourself: 'How did my life get like this? Why don't people like me? Didn't I have a cat and what is that smell?'” PeopleTwoMightAsksTelevisionOne DayCatWake UpTwentiesTablesBoxesSmellLike MeCuteBedroomPizzaIrresponsibleLaundryLiabilityTwenty Two Author:Donald Miller
“In Nepal, the phenomenon is reversed. Time is a stick of incense that burns without being consumed. One day can seem like a week; a week, like months. Mornings stretch out and crack their spines with the yogic impassivity of house cats. Afternoons bulge with a succulent ripeness, like fat peaches. There is time enough to do everything - write a letter, eat breakfast, read the paper, visit a shrine or two, listen to the birds, bicycle downtown to change money, buy postcards, shop for Buddhas - and arrive home in time for lunch.” WritingTwoEnoughHomeSeemsHouseMorningWeekMonthsOne DayPaperBirdCatLettersSticksFatsShopsPhenomenonCracksBreakfastLunchAfternoonConsumedBicycleSpineDowntownPeachesShrinesIncenseNepalPostcardsRipenessSucculents Book:Shopping for Buddhas: An Adventure in Nepal Source: Shopping for Buddhas: An Adventure in Nepal
“When I was in therapy about two years ago, one day I noticed that I hadn't had any children. And I like children at a distance. I wondered if I'd like them up close. I wondered why I didn't have any. I wondered if it was a mistake, or if I'd done it on purpose, or what. And I noticed my therapist didn't have any children either. He had pictures of his cats on the wall. Framed.” IfsYearsChildrenTwoDonePurposeMistakeWallOne DayYears AgoCatDistanceTherapyTwo YearsTherapistsFramedTwo Years Ago Book:Swimming to Cambodia Source: Swimming to Cambodia
“Nothing's been changed overnight. It's like watching your cat grow: you see it every day, so you don't really see it change, you wake up one day and it's a bloody great thing. Your friends come round who you haven't seen for a couple months and they're like, "Oh my god, your cat's grown so much again." And I'm like, "Has it?" But when you're living it... I just find that my life has subtly changed bit by bit, so I don't ever really notice it too much.” ChangedCoupleOne DayCatWake UpGreat ThingsBloody Author:Douglas Booth
“My family suffered. My hair turned up in every corner, every drawer, every meal. Even in the rice puddings Tessie made, covering each little bowl with wax paper before putting it away in the fridge--even into these prophylactically secure desserts my hair found its way! Jet black hairs wound themselves around bars of soap. They lay pressed like flower stems between the pages of books. They turned up in eyeglass cases, birthday cards, once--I swear--inside an egg Tessie had just cracked. The next-door neighbor's cat coughed up a hairball one day and the hair was not the cat's.” WayLittlesMadeBookNextFoundBlackCasesDoorsFlowerHairOne DayPaperPagesCatMy FamilyLaysCornersNeighborWoundsBarsCardsSecureMealsEggsSwearBowlsStemSoapRiceCoveringJetDessertCrackedDrawersPuddingFridgesEyeglassesBlack HairNext Door NeighborsBirthday CardHairballsRice Pudding Book:Middlesex Source: Middlesex