Capturing memories

Take a lot of pictures, you’ll only regret the ones that you didn’t take.  Hannah / 19 / Germany

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“He who contemplates the depths of Paris is seized with vertigo. Nothing is more fantastic. Nothing is more tragic. Nothing is more sublime.”    ―    Victor Hugo

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“What you don’t know about Paris, is that when you live there, over time, an invisible thread forms around your heart, and so when you leave, it always tugs you back.”    ―    Robert  Black

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“Paris is a place in which we can forget ourselves, reinvent, expunge the dead weight of our past.”    ―    Michael Simkins

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signs of paris

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“Ordinary people are products of their environment and fit in. Artists transcend their environment and stand out.”    ―    Oliver Gaspirtz

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all one

alone

all alone

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“What I say is, a town isn’t a town without a bookstore. It may call itself a town, but unless it’s got a bookstore, it knows it’s not foolin’ a soul.”    ―    Neil Gaiman

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Regent’s Canal

Camden Locks // London 2016   

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“Whose idea was it that we should all get jobs, work faster, work better, race from place to place with our brains stewing on tweets, blogs, and sound bites, on must-see movies, must-do experiences, must-have gadgets, when in the end, all any of us will have is our simple beating heart, reaching up for the connection to whoever might be in the room or leaning into our mattress as we draw our last breath?”    ―    Dee Williams

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“Find ecstasy in life; the mere sense of living is joy enough.” — Emily Dickinson

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into the sunset

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colourful chaos

(camden market)

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“Your outside world is a reflection of your inside world. What goes on in the inside, shows on the outside.” Bob Proctor

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I am going to try to pay attention to the spring. I am going to look around at all the flowers, and look up at the hectic trees. I am going to close my eyes and listen.~ Anne Lamott

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“Live! Live the wonderful life that is in you! Let nothing be lost upon you. Be always searching for new sensations. Be afraid of nothing.”    ―    Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray    

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As with any journey, who you travel with can be more important than the destination.

@jackherkness

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"Keep your face always toward the sunshine - and shadows will fall behind you." - Walt Whitman

Weston-Super-Mare, England