Teaser Tuesday #16

Ed ecco di nuovo la rubrica settimanale Teaser Tuesday, creata dal blog Should Be Reading, che si divide in poche, semplici fasi:
1_ prendi il libro che stai leggendo
2_ apri una pagina a caso
3_ scrivi un breve brano (stando attenti a non spoilerare)
4_ scrivi titolo e autore

 "You see, it's fine for actors. There's plenty of parts for old men. Acting's something you can do all your life.You get better at it. But when your talent is singing or dancing...Time creeps up behind you, all the... "He fumbled for a word, and settled lamely for "Time. Time is the poison. You watch backstage one night and you'll see the dancers checking all the time in any mirror they can find for that first little imprefection. You watch the singers. Everyone's on edge, everyone knows that this might be their last perfect night, that tomorrow might be the beginning of the end. That's why everyone worries about luck, you see? All the stuff about live flowers being unlucky, you remember? Well', so's green. And real jewellery worn on stage. And real mirrors on stage. And whistling on stage. And peeking at the audience through the main curtains. And using new makeup on a first night. And knitting on stage, even at rehersals. A yellow clarinet in the orchestra is very unlucky, dont' ask me why. And as for stopping a performance before its proper ending, well, that's worst of all. You might as well sit under a latter and break mirrors."
 - Maskerade, Terry Pratchett