| week forty-five |

| day 315 |

"Just because you have stopped sinking doesn't mean you're not still underwater."

| day 314 |

"On these magic shores children at play are for ever beaching their coracles. We too have been there; we can still hear the sound of the surf, though we shall land no more."

| day 313 |

"...extraordinarily beautiful, and slightly out of focus."

| day 312 |

"And she was good to me: strong, fun, and fiercely loyal. And if I didn't have many other friends because of her - most girls were intimidated by her looks, or thought she was too pushy, or just flat-out feared for their boyfriends - it never bothered me. I never missed having a wide, thick circle of girlfriends: she was more than enough. We were comfortable with each other's flaws and weaknesses, so we stuck together and kept to ourselves."

| day 311 |

"Every immigrant who comes here should be required within five years to learn English or leave the country."

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Disclaimer: I love this girl more than the air I breathe. Do not knife me in my sleep for our inside jokes :P

| day 310 |

"But time has a way of stealthily deciding a person’s mind without her conscious knowledge, and as she studied and procrastinated, poison found one day that she had come to know her choice."

| day 309 |

"Can anyone tell what I've done? I miss the life, I miss the colours of the world. Can anyone tell where I am?"

| week forty-four |

8 weeks. Less than 2 months.

I think it will only truly hit me when I finish. I'm not going to know what to do with myself. Or what my final picture will be.

Also, I'm thinking of having a "party" kind of deal on my last day. Something that will bring all of the people that are in my pics, helped me take them, and the people who just got me through it. I want everyone to be there when I take my final picture. It was suggested I make it semi-formal as well, a bit different from my usual parties. I think I want to.

We'll see.

| day 308 |

"Lie to me - I promise I'll believe."

| day 307 |

"She said planes made her feel like she could get away."

| day 306 |

"She was a genius of sadness, immersing herself in it, separating its numerous strands, appreciating its subtle nuances. She was a prism through which sadness could be divided into its infinite spectrum."

| day 305 |

"Grab somebody, come on down, bring your paintbrush, we're paintin' the town. Oh, there's some sweetness goin' 'round, catch it down in New Orleans."

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Again, not late. Different time zone.

| day 304 |

"Time stands still best in moments that look suspiciously like ordinary life."
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I'm reminding the world that my picture is not late. I am in the central time-zone now, so every pic while I'm in New Orleans may be an hour later than expected.

| day 303 |

"Blessed are the cracked, for they shall let in the light."

| day 302 |

"It doesn't matter what people tell you. It doesn't matter what they might say. Sometimes you have to leave home. Sometimes, running away means you're headed in the exact right direction."

| week forty-three |

Yes.

| day 301 |

"Tales and adventures are the shadow truths that will endure when mere facts are dust and ashes and forgotten."

| day 300 |

"Sometimes you don't need a goal in life, you don't need to know the big picture. You just need to know what you're going to do next!"

| day 299 |

"Yeah, they say you grow when you don't succeed, but it's hard to breathe when no one believes in me."