Baking makes me focus. On weighing the sugar. On sieving the flour. I find it calming and rewarding because, in fairness, it is sort of magic - you start off with all this disparate stuff, such as butter and eggs, and what you end up with is so totally different. And also delicious.

When God closes one door, He slams another in your face

You will go on and meet someone else and I'll just be a chapter in your tale, but for me, you were, you are and you always will be, the whole story.

One day we'll all be dead, and none of this will matter" -The Brightest Star in the Sky.

The feel of them (books) and the smell of them. A bookshop was like an Aladdin's cave for me. Entire worlds and lives can be found just behind that glossy cover. All you had to do was look." Claire (Watermelon)

Love and kindness go hand in hand.

Minsk! How pissed-off that sounded! It was great. You could scare the bejayzus out of someone if you said it right.