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Dark pictures of Edinburgh, 1 a day. Also on facebook.com/darkedinburgh and twitter.com/darkedinburgh

"There is always light, if only we're brave enough

"There is always light, if only we're brave enough to see it. If only we're brave enough to be it."
- The Hill We Climb, Amanda Gorman

Since many of us are stuck at home, I was wonderin

Since many of us are stuck at home, I was wondering if I should post a few travel pics ( like this one from Barcelona ).

Question is - will it be good to see other parts of the world - or will it just rub it in that we can't go there?

Let me know what you think!

“We have nothing to fear and a great deal to lea

“We have nothing to fear and a great deal to learn from trees, that vigorous and pacific tribe which without stint produces strengthening essences for us, soothing balms, and in whose gracious company we spend so many cool, silent, and intimate hours.”
- Marcel Proust

“You should dream more. Reality in our century i

“You should dream more. Reality in our century is not something to be faced.”
- Graham Greene, Our Man in Havana

"If in the twilight of memory we should meet once

"If in the twilight of memory we should meet once more, we shall speak again together and you shall sing to me a deeper song.
And if our hands should meet in another dream, we shall build another tower in the sky.”
- Khalil Gibran, The Prophet

“Anne came dancing home in the purple winter twi

“Anne came dancing home in the purple winter twilight across the snowy places.”
- L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables

"Now is the winter of our discontent." - Richard I

"Now is the winter of our discontent."
- Richard III, William Shakespeare

"If people come together, they can even mend a cra

"If people come together, they can even mend a crack in the sky."
- Somali Proverb.

“Eternity is said not to be an extension of time

“Eternity is said not to be an extension of time but an absence of time.”
- Graham Greene, The End of the Affair

"I shall close all my shutters, pull the curtains

"I shall close all my shutters, pull the curtains tight,
And build me stately palaces by candlelight.”
- Charles Baudelaire, Les Fleurs du Mal

“Well, I know now. I know a little more how much

“Well, I know now. I know a little more how much a simple thing like a snowfall can mean to a person”
- Sylvia Plath

“With luck, it might even snow for us.” - Haru

“With luck, it might even snow for us.”
- Haruki Murakami, After Dark

“Sometimes, I feel the past and the future press

“Sometimes, I feel the past and the future pressing so hard on either side that there's no room for the present at all.”
- Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited

“And everything burned in blue, everything a sta

“And everything burned in blue, everything a star”
- Pablo Neruda, 100 Love Sonnets

#edinburghcastle

“You know you're in love when you can't fall asl

“You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.”
- Dr. Seuss

“It is because Humanity has never known where it

“It is because Humanity has never known where it was going that it has been able to find its way.”
- Oscar Wilde

“Look on every exit as being an entrance somewhe

“Look on every exit as being an entrance somewhere else.”
- Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead

“Summer is the time for squabbles. In winter, we

“Summer is the time for squabbles. In winter, we must protect one another, keep each other warm, share our strengths.”
- George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

“For last year's words belong to last year's lan

“For last year's words belong to last year's language
And next year's words await another voice.”
- T.S. Eliot, Four Quartets

“The year was past the edge, heading away from t

“The year was past the edge, heading away from the dark... Of course, dark would come again, but that was in the nature of the world. Many things were beginning.”
- Terry Pratchett, Monstrous Regiment

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