“ The car has become the carapace, the protective and aggressive shell, of urban and suburban man. Marshall McLuhan
“ In my dreams you walk dripping from a sea journey on the highway across America in tears to the door of my cottage in the Western night Allen Ginsberg
“ You're not allowed to call them dinosaurs any more, said Yo-less. It's speciesist. You have to call them pre-petroleum persons. Terry Pratchett
“ You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories. If people wanted you to write warmly about them, they should've behaved better. Anne Lamott
“ You might imagine that a person would resort to self-mutilation only under extremes of duress, but once I'd crossed that line the first time, taken that fateful step off the precipice, then almost any… Caroline Kettlewell
“ Why ask for truth when you close your ears to it? - Ser Barristan Selmy to Daenerys George R.R. Martin
“ This much I do know - I'm exhausted by the cumulative consequences of a lifetime of hasty choices and chaotic passions. Elizabeth Gilbert
“ This little piggy went to HadesThis little piggy stayed homeThis little piggy ate raw and steaming human flesh Neil Gaiman
“ Thinking and planning is one side of life; doing is another. A man cannot bedoing all the time. Mary Stewart
“ The strange fact that out of millions of people in the world, your mother and father met and decided to get married to each other. And out of the millions of sperm, that the one with your genes was th… A.J. Jacobs
“ The more I read, the more I was led to abhor and detest my enslavers. I could regard them in no other light than a band of successful robbers, who had left their homes, and gone to Africa, and stolen… Frederick Douglass
“ The Union is what needs defending this year. Government of Enron and by Halliburton and for the Southern Baptists is not the same as what Lincoln spoke of. This gang of Republicans has humbugged us to… Garrison Keillor
“ The LSD phenomenon, on the other hand, is—to me at least—more interesting. It is an intentionally achieved schizophrenia, with the expectation of a spontaneous remission—which, however, does not alway… Joseph Campbell
“ That's not the spirit of the law, Emma. Remember? I thought it was 'the Law is annoying, but it is also flexible. Cassandra Clare
“ Red FoxThe red fox crosses the iceintent on none of my business.It's winter and slim pickings.I stand in the bushy cemetery,pretending to watch birds,but really watching the foxwho could care less.She… Margaret Atwood
“ People who are dependent are merely using alcohol as a crutch to get through the day. Yet doctors and scientists are still treating alcoholism as if it is the problem, when it has nothing to do with t… Chris Prentiss
“ Noriega wound up like a baseball pitcher on top of the bed and hurled the small gun, but was low and outside for a ball. His tight-fitting house dress was bunched up high on his chubby thighs, exposin… Cole Alpaugh
“ Nooooooooooo! Screaming the word, Amy and Dan moved as one.Time slowed down, which, Dan knew from experience, often happened when you were in midair. By the time they leaped onto the hood of Fiske's c… Jude Watson
“ Just erotic. Nothing kinky. It's the difference between using a feather and using a chicken. Terry Pratchett
