#phr

Age of the geek, baby! ↗

— Keith R.A. DeCandido

#catchphrase #geek #leverage #age

Michael was still an enigma, wrapped in a riddle, coated in yum. Only now the enigma was a little less mysterious; I was a few clues closer to solving the riddle - but damn, that man would always be coated in yum. ↗

— Lisa Shearin

#male-beauty #paraphrased #sex-appeal #beauty

Why are we designed to see the world as supremely beautiful just as we're about to be snuffed? Do rabbits feel the same as the fox teeth bite down on their necks? Is it mercy? ↗

— Margaret Atwood

#fight-or-flight-response #beauty

Plus, according to my mother, memories change like people do, especially if there's enough alcohol involved-Aphrodite ↗

— P.C. Cast

#humor #change

Nothing is ever certain. ↗

— Alice Sebold

#cruel #death #lies #phrases #sad

Writing is 1 percent inspiration, and 99 percent elimination. ↗

— Louise Brooks

#on-writing #paraphrased #inspirational

Eat drink and be merry for tomorrow we may diet. ↗

— Cathy Hopkins

#diet

Am I a mindless fool? My life is a fragment, a disconnected dream that has no continuity. I am so tired of senselessness. I am tired of the music that my feelings sing, the dream music. ↗

— Ross David Burke

#dream #mental-illness #music #schizophrenia #dreams

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a fairy in possesion of a good appetite must be in want of pie. ↗

— Lisa Mantchev

#paraphrased #dreams

She stepped toward Anna. “I can get you a night with an accomplished male whore or a virginal schoolboy.” Coral’s eyes widened and seemed to flame. “Famous libertines or ragpickers off the street. One very special man or ten complete strangers. Dark men, red men, yellow men, men you’ve only dreamed of in the black of night, lonely in your bed, snug under your covers. Whatever you long for. Whatever you desire. Whatever you crave. You have only to ask me.” Anna stared at Coral like a mesmerized mouse before a particularly beautiful snake. ↗

— Elizabeth Hoyt

#coral #seductive #beauty