#points in time

[classical-vanity]

For long hours I sat in the patio listening to the sounds of the city outside, sometimes hearing faint strains of music that I would have given anything really to hear, watching the square of deep-blue sky above my head slowly become a softer and lighter blue as twilight approached

- Paul Bowles, Points in Time

[classical-vanity]

Paul Bowles, Points in time

[classical-vanity]

Prohibition, as usual, does not mean abolition, but merely being driven underground.

- Paul Bowles, Points in Time