“ A jewelled garden the envy of Aladdin's cave spilled across the courtyard. ”
Dreams of success often get in the way of actual success.
~ Felix Long
Writers are highly resistant to reality. Just as well or the human condition would go undocumented.
Jin looked both ways for the Quicksilver Dragon before crossing the canal.
The two old men were as still as the stone bench on which they sat, as though their lengthy communion with the element had turned them into statues.