#banal

To some, the '50s were a decade marked by the banal, the predictable. ↗

— Annette Funicello

#decade #marked #predictable #some #were

Today Americans are overcome not by the sense of endless possibility but by the banality of the social order they have erected against it. ↗

— Christopher Lasch

#banality #endless #erected #order #overcome

In science, all facts, no matter how trivial or banal, enjoy democratic equality. ↗

— Mary McCarthy

#democratic #enjoy #equality #facts #how

My life is short. I can't listen to banality. ↗

— V. S. Naipaul

#i #life #life is short #listen #my life

The process of a date, I think, is terrible. Horrible. Because everything is banal and predicted. ↗

— Miuccia Prada

#because #date #everything #horrible #i

Is it possible?” He could have sworn she was teasing. She shouldn’t have the energy for that. “What?” He lay next to her on his stomach, wrung out. Completely and utterly sated and yet thinking of the things he yet wanted to do to her. “You did.” Her voice was light, teasing even. “What?” “You begged, my lord.” He laughed softly. “To have you make love to me like that, I’ll beg you every night of my life, Lady Banallt. ↗

— Carolyn Jewel

#carolyn-jewel #scandal #sophie #life

He headed for the door but stopped halfway. “I love you, Sophie. I love you with my soul.” Her bare arms held up the duvet. “Don’t ruin this, Banallt, please.” “I’m not a villain from one of your novels, Sophie.” She stared at him, wide-eyed. “Unlike them, I can change. I have changed.” Unfortunately, she didn’t believe him. ↗

— Carolyn Jewel

#carolyn-jewel #scandal #sophie #change

Sophie.” He said her name softly. If her life depended on it, she could not have looked anywhere but into the flat, silver depths of his eyes. She didn’t think it was possible to be more aware of him than she already was, but the next moment proved her wrong. “Darling. I must turn down your offer. I am as astonished as you. But this is a subject upon which I’ve had months to think. You’re intelligent. You suspected my first offer of marriage was based upon my conviction that you would never consent to an affair with me and that it was desperation only for your person that drove me to offer for you.” “And the second upon a need to rescue me.” He nodded. “Far more straightforward, darling, yet hopelessly complex.” She ignored the shiver in her belly. “Meaning?” “I love you.” He reached for the wine and filled the two glasses, though he left them on the table. “I’ve become like you. A hopeless fool who cannot break his vows. And I did make vows to you today. ↗

— Carolyn Jewel

#sophie #intelligence

At Dachau. We had a wonderful pool for the garrison children. It was even heated. But that was before we were transferred. Dachau was ever so much nicer than Auschwitz. But then, it was in the Reich. See my trophies there. The one in the middle, the big one. That was presented to me by the Reich Youth Leader himself, Baldur von Schirach. Let me show you my scrapbook. ↗

— William Styron

#banality #dachau #evil #hate #holocaust

A lot of things trigger my inspiration. It can be the most banal things. ↗

— Manolo Blahnik

#inspiration #lot #most #things #trigger