Fantasy and Reality Flashcards
naked light-bulb
‘I can’t stand a naked light-bulb, any more than I can a rude remark or a vulgar action.’
smashed
‘He smashed all the light-bulbs’.
dark
“I like it dark. The dark is comforting to me”.
Magic
“I don’t want realism… I want. Magic!’
coloured lights
“It’s gonna be sweet when we can make noise in the night the way we used to and get the coloured lights going”.
Eternity
‘a little bit of Eternity dropped in your hands’.
Allan’s death
‘then the searchlight… was turned off again and never for one moment since has there been any light that’s stronger than this kitchen candle.’
rocket
‘How pretty the sky is! I ought to go there on a rocket and never come down’.
paper, carboard
‘Ot’s only a paper moon, sailing over a cardboard sea - But it wouldn’t be make-believe If you believed in me.’