It was funny how one afternoon with a best friend could set a girl right.
It is funny how you do not miss affection until it is given, but once it is, it can never be enough; you would drown in it if possible.
Yeah, but what about the ritual of getting your ticket and your snacks, finding the perfect seat, I countered. All those strangers watching the movie with you, they change how you see it, you know? Yo...
Look, I know this seems a little half-assed...' 'No, dude. I'd be thrilled if this plan were half-assed. This is, like, no-assed.' 'You're right. It's the most no-assed thing I've ever done in my life...
You don't notice the light without a bit of shadow.
You see, the glamour girl standing before you was not the dame I first laid eyes on in Penn Station. In fact, at first I thought she was the charwoman. Don’t you remember how frightful you looked that...
So. Tell me, Marlowe tried gamely, what do you think is man’s greatest invention?Jericho turned his head just slightly toward Marlowe, looking him straight in the eye. God.
When the world moves forward too fast for some people, they try to pull us all back with their fear,
The land is old, the land is vast, he has no future, he has no past, his coat is sewn with many woes, he'll bring the dead, the King of Crows.
I will never, ever drink whiskey again. From now on, it's strictly sherry.
I know it. I know I shall make beastly mistakes, Father-The world does not forgive mistakes so quickly, my girl. He sounds bitter and sad.If the world will not forgive me, I say softly, I shall have t...
They would have been mystics and healers, women who worked with herbs and delivered babies. But it would have made them suspect. Women who have power are always feared, she says sadly.
War. Gorgon spits the word. That is what they call it to give the illusion of honor and law. It is chaos. Madness and blood and the hunger to win. It has always been thus and shall always be so.
Like, it’s so much pressure all the time and if you get upset or angry, people say, ‘Are you on the rag or something?’ And it’s like I want to say, ‘No. I’m just pissed off right now. Can’t I just be...
I know because I read...Your mind is not a cage. It's a garden. And it requires cultivating.
Scoring well on tests is the sort of happy thing that gets the school district the greenbacks they crave. Understanding and appreciating the material are secondary.
I took Advanced PowerPoint last semester. You guys are always misunderestimating me. I'm totally ready to handle the big stuff.
A place to keep all your secrets
The truth was, she was afraid that when she fell hard for a boy, she’d lose herself along the way. She’d seen it happen to lots of girls. They’d go from drinking gin, driving fast cars, and boldly shi...
Here is the world before you. You have only to reach for it.
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