quotes from the street

father #1 : “my kids call me Um”
father #2: “how’s that?”
father #1: “Like, Um, i need some money”
overheard: Valletta, Malta
context: dinner party discussion on how kids talk to their parents

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“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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“i’d rather live like a king than be one”
overheard: Saba Island, Caribbean
context: a carribean taxi driver/real estate agent/tour guide to a family on their holiday

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little boy “dad, where’s my goldfish?!”
father “i’m afraid it died hunny”
little boy “oh, but mum’s goldfish is still alive – shall we kill it?”
overheard: London, UK
context: conversation between father and son

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“i’m literally just throwing up passion”
overheard: London, UK
context: a woman describing how she must come across when telling people of her initiative to build an orphanage in uganda

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bloke and asking me if he was a daddy, and asked me if I was a daddy, and I said yes, whose daddy am I, and he said mine, then thought about it and said ‘I don’t know whose daddy I’m going to be’.
little boy points to a man on the street and asks his [...]

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“and from that was born a lot of existential desperation”
overheard: london, uk
context: two englishman discussing the emergence of suburban life in america

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“eyes still mysterious, the rest, horribly too clear”
overheard: interview with artist Maggi Hambling, London
context: on aging and what she sees when she looks in the mirror

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“there is always a good reason to cry”
overheard: paris, france (source: Jerome Hadey)
context: watching a woman brought to tears by a fashion show

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“the more similar people are, the more vigorously they defend their differences”
overheard: mayfair, london
context: two friends arguing about why they argue so much

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“you’re my best friend daddy”
overheard: train from brighton to worthing (source: theboyv)
context: a son to his father on receipt of a banana
 
 

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“i’m happy to chuck a couple grand at it – i don’t wanna get involved”
overheard: dinner with a bunch of brokers, london
context: a father on how he incentivizes his wife to deal with potty training their son

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“lauren, if you don’t get out of that wiggles car you are NOT having a baby-cino”
overheard: marrickville metro shopping centre, australia
context: a mother to her daughter in a shopping mall

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“today it feels like my feet are in foot prison”
overheard: 19 Mandela St, Management Meeting, London
context: on how it feels to put your shoes back on and head back in to work after a beach holiday

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“I have no money. I can’t afford anything. Have dad get me a flight home.”
overheard: Bedford and north 6th, Williamsburg, Brooklyn (source: jonathandsb)
context: guy on the phone to his mum

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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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“i feel like i’m floating in this little dinghy in an ocean of work”
overheard: London, UK
context: creative director describing how he feels at present re: work

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