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> [“.. they look like they've escaped from a nursing home. Everywhere I turn I see puffy skin & radiant expressions, crinkles & pearls, broad smiles & high hair... Collectively they all lean forward, like bamboo in the wind. Their postures…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-latham/they-look-like-they-ve-escaped-from-a-nursing-home-everywhere-i-turn/)

Tim Latham

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> [“... a slipstream of darkness so complete it helps illuminate the evening sky. It's like somebody dropped a dome over the ocean & lit it up with Christmas lights. ...Sans moon, Norfolk is wrapped in a mantle of pure, unadulterated…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-latham/a-slipstream-of-darkness-so-complete-it-helps-illuminate-the-evening/)

Tim Latham

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## More by Tim Latham

> [“.. they look like they've escaped from a nursing home. Everywhere I turn I see puffy skin & radiant expressions, crinkles & pearls, broad…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-latham/they-look-like-they-ve-escaped-from-a-nursing-home-everywhere-i-turn/)

Tim Latham

> [“... a slipstream of darkness so complete it helps illuminate the evening sky. It's like somebody dropped a dome over the ocean & lit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-latham/a-slipstream-of-darkness-so-complete-it-helps-illuminate-the-evening/)

Tim Latham

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