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eyes going green

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-eight years and a million words

Sydney, 2000.08.15

I've noticed that this country is changing me. My hair is lighter from the constant sunlight, and for some reason, my eyes are getting lighter. They're pretty much more green than brown, now, and it's been happening quickly. Must be something I'm eating. Maybe it's because I've not been keeping up the bourbon intake. Must remedy.

rand()m quote

If a person has ugly thoughts, it begins to show on the face. And when that person has ugly thoughts every day, every week, every year, the face gets uglier and uglier until you can hardly bear to look at it. A person who has good thoughts cannot ever be ugly. You can have a wonky nose and a crooked mouth and a double chin and stick-out teeth, but if you have good thoughts it will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely.

—Roald Dahl