55 Quotes by Nick Bantock

I offer myself in paint instead. It's self flattering, but that's our prerogative as artists—to record ourselves the way we wish.

(I'm trying to improve my typing. notice I now leave a space after a comma, I'm very proud of myself!)

I've started to hate this city, this country, all these STUPID FUCKING PEOPLE.

SABINETHINGS HAVE BECOME SO DIFFICULT. I MUSTN'T WRITE AGAIN. THIS WHOLE AFFAIR HAS GOTTEN TOO INTENSE. TOO REAL, SABINE, YOU DON'T EXIST. I INVENTED YOU. YOU, THE CARDS, THE STAMPS. THE ISLANDS, YOU'RE A FIGMENT OF MY IMAGINATION. I WAS LONELY AND I WANTED A FRIEND. BUT I'M ALMOST OUT OF CONTROL. I'VE STARTED TO THINK I'M IN LOVE WITH YOU. BEFORE IT TAKES ME OVER IT HAS TO STOP.GOODBYE.GRIFFIN

Pain and beauty, our constant bedfellows

I never loved anyone else and never desired to. She was my companion, my lover, and my teacher.

As dad would always say, when in doubt- play for time.

Move fluidly by earth of water and stop to listen to the wind as it whispers your whereabouts. . . Savour the path and enjoy the sun.

So I'm to duel with a snake-hope I can manage to be a good enough impersonation of a mongoose.