Monday, 1 June 2009

Lovely Sayings

I love phrases! I keep finding absolutely insane and lovely ones in random songs and books (not all of which I can remember). Such as:

I wrote your name upon the back of my hand, slept upon it, then I woke up with it backwards on my face, reading forwards from my mirror to my heart.
~ Twilight Omens - Franz Ferdinand

Isn't that lovely? Also:

Now the sky could be blue, I don't mind, without you it's a waste of time.
~ Strawberry Swing - Coldplay

Or:

The wrinkles around his lips and nose gathered together as though they existed solely to bear up his smile.
~ The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale

I really want to find someone who I can use that phrase to describe. And, while we're on the subject of phrases and other wordy stuff, I found an very strange description of a Teletubbies episode. Two, in fact:

'Laa-Laa comes and joins the others to watch some children squeezing things.'

And:

'The Teletubbies watch a group of children washing their goat in the river.'

Anyway, see any cool phrases, please write 'em down, and I shall endeavour to incorporate them into my everyday speech.

1 comment:

  1. "Her hair was like a curtain
    Falling open with the laughter
    And closing with the lies"

    - Nick Cave (Papa Won't Leave You, Henry)

    I've always loved this lyric, because I've observed it to be true of so many people.

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