#ash

The '20s ended in an era of extravagance, sort of like the one we're in now. There was a big crash, but then the country picked itself up again, and we had some great years. Those were the days when American believed in itself. I was happy and proud to be painting it. ↗

— Norman Rockwell

#american #believed #big #country #crash

I had holes in my jeans well before it was fashionable. ↗

— Kenny Rogers

#fashionable #had #holes #i #jeans

I bet after seeing us, George Washington would sue us for calling him "father." ↗

— Will Rogers

#bet #calling #father #george #george washington

Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip. ↗

— Will Rogers

#gossip #live #parrot #sell #such

Every year, August lashes out in volcanic fury, rising with the din of morning traffic, its great metallic wings smashing against the ground, heating the air with ever-increasing intensity. ↗

— Henry Rollins

#air #august #din #every #fury

Fashion exists for women with no taste, etiquette for people with no breeding. ↗

— Queen Marie of Romania

#etiquette #exists #fashion #people #taste

Living in Paris was a crash course in chic. ↗

— Rebecca Romijn

#course #crash #living #paris

Sometimes I wonder whether Washington's liberal politicians truly understand the greatness that is America. ↗

— Mitt Romney

#greatness #i #i wonder #liberal #politicians

She didn't understand that. "How can anyone be afraid of love?" "How can they not?" His face was completely aghast. "When you love someone... truly love them, friend or lover, you lay your heart open to them. You give them a part of yourself that you give to no one else, and you let them inside a part of you that only they can hurt—you literally hand them the razor with a map of where to cut deepest and most painfully on your heart and soul. And when they do strike, it's crippling—like having your heart carved out. It leaves you naked and exposed, wondering what you did to make them want to hurt you so badly when all you did was love them. What is so wrong with you that no one can keep faith with you? That no one can love you? To have it happen once is bad enough... but to have it repeated? Who in their right mind would not be terrified of that? ↗

— Sherrilyn Kenyon

#ash #kat #katra #love #faith

Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#every #fashion #form #intolerable #months