"I would not exchange my leisure hours for all the wealth in the world." ~Comte de Mirabeau

"I have always
a sacred veneration
for anyone I observe
to be
a little out of repair in his person,
as supposing him either
a poet
or a philosopher."

~Jonathan Swift

image taken in Provincetown
Cape Cod, 2010

"When I grow up I want to be a little boy." ~Joseph Heller

"Sometimes
I feel that life is passing me by,
not slowly either,
but with ropes
of steam and spark-spattered wheels
and a hoarse roar of power or terror.
It's passing,
yet
I'm the one who's doing all the moving."

~Martin Amis

images taken in Provincetown
September 2010