quotes from the street » carrying on

it wasn’t always this way

Rachel Steed — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 09:23:10 +0000

“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

finite

Rachel Steed — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 07:33:54 +0000

“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

on the brink?

Rachel Steed — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 08:00:14 +0000

“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

we all fall down

Rachel Steed — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 19:21:19 +0000

“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

explaining the life stuff

Rachel Steed — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 19:02:56 +0000

“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

man vs beethoven

Rachel Steed — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 08:31:41 +0000

“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