quotes from the street

“i can’t see you darling, but i can tell you’re gorgeous by the sound of your voice”
overheard: Toronto, Canada
context: a blind man to a young woman at a dinner party

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“if i want to exist i just need to grab hold of myself and do what i can do”
overheard: London, UK
context: a ninety year old women talking about the reality of ageing and the mental strength required to push on

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“we as a society have a tendency to go to the edge, peer over it, collectively decide we don’t want to go there and pull back”
overheard: royal geographical society, london
context: george soros in response to a question regarding the recession and whether it could mark ’the end’ for the western world’s economy and a key opportunity for china’s

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“it’s alright, you’re ok - everyone scrapes their knees from time to time”
overheard: Holland Park, London
context: a father to his daughter whilst picking her up from a fall

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“it’s ok to cry a little bit, and then, once you know you’re ok, you say – i’m ok now”
overheard: on the deck at the club, Toronto, Canada
context: a father answering his son’s question …. when is it ok to cry 

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“now vee vill see who is strongest, Beethoven or firework”
overheard: at a cello concert in Gozo, Malta
context: whilst performing on stage, a band of ingrates began setting off fireworks outside the concert hall, the cellist made this remark in response to the disturbance and continued playing louder and stronger
 
 

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