Dream Haze

..”its actually a great way to leave, because it’s giving Gavin the message that we haven’t been defeated, we are up for it, we’re young, we’re in control of our lives again, we can charge into the future with confidence.”
- John Marsden, Circle of Flight

“My drawing was not a picture of a hat. It was a picture of a boa contrictor digesting an elephant.”
- Antoine de Saint Exupery, The Little Prince

“You better take care of me Lord, if you don’t you’re gonna have me on your hands.”
- Raoul Duke (Johnny Depp), Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas

“I’m not sure I’m an adult yet”
- Johnny Depp

“With the assistance of a couple of good mates we set upon digging an air-raid shelter in my backyard. My father took a lot of convincing that he was playing his part in Australia’s survival by giving up his much prized rhubarb patch.”
- John McGrath (My Great Uncle), Johnny’s War

“Attention customers, if there is a Guy in the store, could he please come to the register areas to meet his.. oops..”

I could analyse each of these quotes as to why they’ve stuck in my mind over the summer, but maybe that’s best left to the imagination of the reader. Life and the way I choose to negotiate my way through it.. is greatly shaped by the words that float by day by day, yet we all interpret everything so differently.. No wonder some people just don’t fit in.