#carl

That’s not the only reason I’m stayin’, chica. I can’t leave you any more than I could walk out that door right now while my leg is busted up. I was just thinkin’ . . . should we tell your parents now or later?” “Tell them what?” I ask, eyes wide. He kisses me softly, then says proudly, “That we’re in a serious, monogamous, committed relationship.” “We are?” “Sí. And when I get out of here, I’m gonna fix the door to your car. ↗

— Simone Elkeles

#conversation #kiara-westford #parenting

The Yale anthropologist Weston La Barre goes far as to argue that `a surprisingly good case could be made that much of culture is hallucination` and that `the whole intent and function of ritual appears to be... a group wish to hallucinate reality`. ↗

— Carl Sagan

#science

Well, my dear, take heart. Some day, I will kiss you and you will like it. But not now, so I beg you not to be too impatient. ↗

— Margaret Mitchell

#heart

I wish I could help you" I whisper. You are," he murmurs against my knee. "just dont leave me, okay? Everyone leaves me. ↗

— Simone Elkeles

#comfort #kiara #comfort

Don't classify me, read me. I'm a writer, not a genre. ↗

— Carlos Fuentes

#fuentes #genre #writing #writer

How wonderful to know someone who was bad and dishonorable and a cheat and a liar, when all the world was filled with people who would not lie to save their souls and who would rather starve than do a dishonorable deed! ↗

— Margaret Mitchell

#cheating

He - and if there is a God, I am convinced he is a he, because no woman could or would ever fuck things up this badly. ↗

— George Carlin

#feminism #feminist #george-carlin #god #men-and-women

I'm in deep shit Alex, 'cause I think I'd like nothin' better than to wake up with her every mornin'. ↗

— Simone Elkeles

#carlos-fuentes #rules

Next time I want to do something nice, slap me. ↗

— Simone Elkeles

#humour #rules-of-attraction #rules

They seek him here, they seek him there Those Frenchies seek him everywhere Is he in heaven or is he in hell? That demned elusive Pimpernel ↗