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The tick-tock of our watches is so mechanically jerky that we no longer have subtle enough ears to hear the passage of time. Gaston Bachelard
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Our destiny is not frightful by being unreal; it is frightful because it is irreversible and iron-clad. Time is the substance I am made of. Time is a river which sweeps me along, but I am the river; it is a tiger which destroys me, but I am the tiger; it is a fire which consumes me, but I am the fire. (Jorge Juis Borges)
I actually wanted to have a pair of pussycat ears and a pussycat tail but they wouldn’t let me have it. The producers were like, ‘It’s got to be serious.’ I thought, ‘Well, she is serious but she likes a bit of fun as well - she’s a cat burglar!’ But they wouldn’t let me. I could have had something sonic at the end of my tail! (Alex Kingston)
Ballet Shoes (2007)
We three Fossils vow to put our name in the history books because it is uniquely ours and ours alone, and no one can say it’s because of our grandfathers. We vow.
Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries
1.11. Bread and Circuses