Lining the Book

In the corner of a first-class smoking carriage, Mr Justice Margrave, lately retired from the bench, puffed at a cigar and ran an interested eye through the political news in The Times. (Image source: agathachristie.com) And they will find ten dead bodies and an unsolved problem on Soldier Island. Signed: Lawrence Wargrave. 

It's as hard to have a favourite sequence of myths as it is to have a style of cooking (some nights you might want Thai food, some nights sushi, other nights you crave for the plain home cooking you grew up on). But if I had to declare a favourite, it would probably be for the Norse myths.  - Introduction by Neil Gaiman. (Image source: neilgaimannorsemythology.com)

One morning, when Gregor Samska woke from troubled dreams, he found himself transformed in his bed into a horrible vermin. Als Gregor Samsa eines Morgens aus unruhigen Träumen erwachte, fand er sich in seinem Bett zu einem ungeheuren Ungeziefer verwandelt. And, as if in confirmation  of their new dreams and good intentions, as soon as they reached their destination Grete was the first to get up and stretch out her young body. Und es war ihnen wie eine Bestätigung ihrer neuen Träume und guten Absichten, als am Ziele ihrer Fahrt die Tochter als erste sich erhob und ihren jungen Körper dehnte. 

The train tore along with an angry, irregular rhythm. "Take me."

My balcony is my window on the world. I want to live on and on, delighting like a pagan in all that is physical; and I know that this one lifetime, however long, cannot satisfy my heart. (Image source: www.goodreads.com)

Mr and Mrs Dursley, of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much. "I am going to have a lot of fun with Dudley this summer ..." (Image source: www.goodreads.com)