'What kind of people are these? Do they ever think, or do they just shuffle pointlessly over the earth?'

Music: Mouth Music, 'Whaling Ship', from Seafaring Man (2001)

'And what is the point of this continual being together anyhow?'

Music: (1) Leroy Anderson, Plink, Plank, Plunk (2) The Typewriter Orchestra Performs from Home

'A certain philosopher used to hang about wherever children were at play. And whenever he saw a boy with a top, he would lie in wait.'

Music: Martin Molin, 'The Marble Machine Song'

'My two hands began a fight'.

Music: Poulenc, Concerto for Two Pianos, first movement

'I have a curious animal, half kitten, half lamb'.

Music: Cirque Plume, 'Bateleurs' from Plic Ploc; 'Jumeau Jumelle' & 'Nestor Tango' from L'harmonie est-elle municipale?

'The longer one hesitates before the door, the more estranged one becomes'.

Music: Bernard Herrmann, Souvenirs de Voyage for clarinet quintet, first movement

'I was stiff and cold. I was a bridge'.

Music: Shostakovich, String Quartet No. 8, first and second movements [Éder Quartet]

'A vulture was hacking at my feet'.

Music: Shostakovich, String Quartet No. 8, third movement [Éder Quartet]