“They were going to do so much when they came in. The first Labour Government. Now, I doubt they’ll last the year. […] When I think about it, it seems to me that we’re trapped. Held fast in a system that gives us no value and no freedom.”
Alternate universe where I literally just to go to school forever (for free) so I can just learn about art and literature and history and languages for 100 years. No job skills. No credit requirements. No student loans. Just learning.
“Arranging a bowl of flowers in the morning can give a sense of quiet in a crowded day - like writing a poem or saying a prayer.” -Anne Morrow Lindbergh
“But in the end, stories are about one person saying to another: This is the way it feels to me. Can you understand what I’m saying? Does it feel this way to you?”
— Kazuo Ishiguro, in his Nobel prize (2017) acceptance speech.