Crumbling Away

 If a window of opportunity appears, don't pull down the shade.

 (Tom Peters)

 

(Děčín Castle, Czech Republic. 01/2013)

Eigenheim

He is the happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.

(Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)

(Weimar, Germany. 08/2010)

Clown Love

If there are twelve clowns in a ring, you can jump in the middle and start reciting Shakespeare, but to the audience, you'll just be the thirteenth clown.

(Adam Walinsky)

(Omaha, Nebraska, USA. 10/2010)

Would you mind closing the window?

Between the daylight gambler and the player at night there is the same difference that lies between a careless husband and the lover swooning under his lady's window.

(Honore De Balzac)



(Venice, Italy. 09/2009)

Frozen Window

As winter strips the leaves from around us, so that we may see the distant regions they formerly concealed, so old age takes away our enjoyments only to enlarge the prospect of the coming eternity.

(Jean Paul)

(Highway, Germany. 12/2009)