TIES & FRIES -curated by Neil Haas 

‘He tried to pull himself together, went into the bathroom and took a quick cool  shower, because he had been perspiring quite a bit. He put on a clean blue shirt  and combed his hair. Then he pushed his wallet and keys into his pocket and  went out... He bought milk and coffee at the delicatessen around the corner, and  on the way back he ran into the blonde woman of about forty who lived on the  floor above him.' – Patricia Highsmith