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“Anyone who hasn't experienced the ecstasy of betrayal knows nothing of ecstasy at all.”
― Jean Genet, Prisoner of Love

“If the hoods don't get you, the monoxide will.”
― Tom Lehrer

“With great power... comes great need to take a nap. Wake me up later.”
― Rick Riordan, The Last Olympian

“Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.”
― Maya Angelou

“I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.”
― Marilyn Monroe

“I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels. Life's a bitch. You've got to go out and kick ass.”
― maya angelou

“Let children read whatever they want and then talk about it with them. If parents and kids can talk together, we won't have as much censorship because we won't have as much fear.”
― Judy Blume

“Beauty is terror. Whatever we call beautiful, we quiver before it.”
― Donna Tartt, The Secret History

“Beauty is rarely soft or consolatory. Quite the contrary. Genuine beauty is always quite alarming.”
― Donna Tartt, The Secret History

“Death is the mother of beauty,” said Henry. “And what is beauty?” “Terror.”
― Donna Tartt, The Secret History

“Let us find the dam snack bar," Zoe said. "We should eat while we can."
Grover cracked a smile. "The dam snack bar?"
Zoe blinked. "Yes. What is funny?"
"Nothing," Grover said, trying to keep a straight face. "I could use some dam french fries."
Even Thalia smiled at that. "And I need to use the dam restroom."
...
I started cracking up, and Thalia and Grover joined in, while Zoe just looked at me. "I do not understand."
"I want to use the dam water fountain," Grover said.
"And..." Thalia tried to catch her breath. "I want to buy a dam t-shirt.”
― Rick Riordan, The Titan’s Curse

“If I cannot fly, let me sing.”
― Stephen Sondheim

“There's a hole in the world like a big black pit who are filled with people who are filled with shit.”
― Stephen Sondheim, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

“TRINA:
I'm tired of all the happy men who rule the world.
Their smile, their smile's their pedigree. They smile, but not for me.
I'd like the chance to hide
In their world.
I'm happy, but I'm not at ease with that whole world.”
― William Finn, The Marvin Songs : Three One-Act Musicals

“Love reads like a bad biography all the names are changed to protect the innocent”
― William Finn, Falsettos

“(His WIFE, understanding everything, wants him to stay. MARVIN wants to go. Or MARVIN wants to stay. She wants him to go. Anyway, he's going.)”
― William Finn, The Marvin Songs : Three One-Act Musicals

“Love me for what I am
Not what I try to be.
Love me for what I am.
I am
A person who likes to lie too much.
I try too much
To impress other people...
Often my inferiors.”
― William Finn, The Marvin Songs : Three One-Act Musicals

“I wish people who have trouble communicating would just shut up.”
― Tom Lehrer

“It is sobering to consider that when Mozart was my age he had already been dead for a year.”
― Tom Lehrer

“I am never forget the day I first meet the great Lobachevsky.
In one word he told me secret of success in mathematics:
Plagiarize!

Plagiarize!
Let no one else's work evade your eyes!
Remember why the good Lord made your eyes!
So don't shade your eyes,
But plagiarize, plagiarize, plagiarize -
Only be sure always to call it please 'research'."

[Lobachevsky]”
― Tom Lehrer

“All books can be indecent books
Though recent books are bolder,
For filth, I'm glad to say, is in
The mind of the beholder.
When correctly viewed,
Everything is lewd.
I could tell you things about Peter Pan
And the Wizard of Oz, there's a dirty old man...”
― Tom Lehrer

“The Army has carried the American ... ideal to its logical conclusion. Not only do they prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, creed and color, but also on ability.”
― Tom Lehrer

“Bad weather always looks worse through a window.”
― Tom Lehrer

“Life is like a piano. What you get out of it depends on how you play it.”
― Tom Lehrer

“If after hearing my songs just one human being is inspired to say something nasty to a friend or perhaps to strike a loved one it will all have been worth the while.”
― Tom Lehrer

“On my income tax 1040 it says 'Check this box if you are blind.' I wanted to put a check mark about three inches away.”
― Tom Lehrer

“Life is like a sewer - you get out of it what you put into it.”
― Tom Lehrer

“Political satire became obsolete when Henry Kissinger was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.”
― Tom Lehrer

“I know that there are people who do not love their fellow man, and I hate people like that!”
― Tom Lehrer

“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.”
― Oscar Wilde