keeping secrets

Who could deny that privacy is a jewel? It has always been the mark of privilege, the distinguishing feature of a truely urbane culture.

Phyliss McGinley (1905-1978), US poet


found in Veil: Modesty, privacy and resistance by Fadwa El Guindi (1999, Oxford:Berg)

a little joy in the familiar

i recognized your voice by the sound of your laugh.

vanity and the invisible

It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances. The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.


Oscar Wilde, The picture of Dorian Gray (1981)

a rainy sunday morning in the beginning of summer

this morning we enjoyed breakfast together. milky coffee and thick warm waffles covered in dark cheeries, whipped cream and maple syrup.