A dog doesn't care if you're tired or it's raining. It wants to go out - and if it doesn't go out,… — Mark Barrowcliffe Around Copy Share Image
“It's an odd fact of life that you don't really remember the good times all that well. I have only mental snapshots… — Mark Barrowcliffe Bad time Copy Share Image
I was staying at the Konchucos Tambo lodge, next to the Huascaran national park, near Chavin. Sitting here on its veranda, I… — Mark Barrowcliffe American Copy Share Image
With a rescue dog, you take what's at the centre as long as it roughly fits the bill. When you buy a… — Mark Barrowcliffe Bill Copy Share Image
“There is also a psychological phenomenon at work here that I believe is particularly male. A woman or girl--presuming one could be… — Mark Barrowcliffe First place Copy Share Image
“I was aware that he was laughing at me, but I told myself I didn't care what other people thought and would… — Mark Barrowcliffe Contrarianism Copy Share Image
Let me start with a confession: I don't enjoy cooking. The reason I usually do it at home is not because I'm… — Mark Barrowcliffe Against Copy Share Image
“In no way did I allow reality as it was to intrude on reality as I wanted it to be.” — Mark Barrowcliffe Reality Copy Share Image
“...an obsession is a way for damaged people to damage themselves more.” — Mark Barrowcliffe Damaged People Copy Share Image
“At the time I thought the winner in an argument was the person who put forward the most logical support for his… — Mark Barrowcliffe 2007 Copy Share Image
Our grandparents' generation never expected too much out of life and, paradoxically, were happier for it. It never occurred to my granddad… — Mark Barrowcliffe Day Copy Share Image
In a way, the road between Huaraz and the lodge is a metaphor for Peruvian politics. It used to be in good… — Mark Barrowcliffe Between Copy Share Image
Actually 'bad' doesn't do justice to my handwriting. Neither does 'handwriting.' 'Desecration of paper' about covers it. — Mark Barrowcliffe Doe Copy Share Image
People generally complain that they're overburdened by responsibilities, forgetting that they chose to have those responsibilities. No one makes you work like… — Mark Barrowcliffe Car Copy Share Image
“My parents were not one for photography, and my dad earned the nickname 'Henry VII' for his ability to slice the heads… — Mark Barrowcliffe Dad Copy Share Image
“With the help of fanzines and close attention to the text of the game you can actually learn to speak Tsolyanu while… — Mark Barrowcliffe D :d Copy Share Image
There was a time when people had the decency to wait until they were approaching 50 to have a mid-life crisis. Now… — Mark Barrowcliffe Approaching Copy Share Image
The rainforest has an intense beauty that at times seems almost suffocating. The jungle is one twig short of impenetrable, and the… — Mark Barrowcliffe Almost Copy Share Image
What older men and younger women have in common is they are both suffering from different insecurities. She is looking for someone… — Mark Barrowcliffe Answer Copy Share Image
Younger women are willing to go out with high status males. If you look at the kind of women Salman Rushdie attracts,… — Mark Barrowcliffe Arty Copy Share Image
“I thought it very likely I might have this sort of untestable power myself. It was kind of logical--no good at sport,… — Mark Barrowcliffe Bottom line Copy Share Image
The reason some younger women were willing to go out with my flabby, ageing self was that no one of their own… — Mark Barrowcliffe Age Copy Share Image
Not wishing to blow my own trumpet, I'm as near to being the perfect dog owner as it is possible to be. — Mark Barrowcliffe Being Copy Share Image
“I knew you were meant to kiss girls, but there was something else that you were meant to do first, and I… — Mark Barrowcliffe Copy Share Image
The sun setting on the Ucayali, with the Andean foothills in the background, and the taste of freshly cut papaya in my… — Mark Barrowcliffe Background Copy Share Image
