"if something burns your soul 
with purpose 
and desire, 
it's your duty to be reduced to ashes by it."
Charles Bukowski
img. mary margaret briggs

her very first dive

my other alice

"Look, can I ask you a question?                 
Sure.           
What?               
Are you happily married?
Or is that tactless?
No. Yes. Yes, I...
Gosh, I've been married
almost 16 years now.           
   years.
Oh. Well, that... that's great.
Yeah.               
No, really.
- Well, a good marriage, it's a rare thing.
- Yeah.
Why did you get divorced?
Well, my wife and I,
we were both too opinionated.
She's... very brilliant.
Uh-huh. And attractive?
Yes.
- And very sexy.
- Uh-huh.
And when you're with her, do you...
...do you still have the urge to be with her?
- No.
- No?
No? You never have the urge to...
to grab her?                 
Like, you know, if the two of you
are in her office or something?
Or, I don't know, you know, just... throw
her down on the couch or something?
For old times' sake?
God, you are interesting."

"Alice" by Woody Allen (1990) - the circus scene (script extract).