Jaime Shedlock

“While Calvin is in the classroom

TEACHER:
Yes, Calvin?

CALVIN:

Miss Wormwood, I'm a fierce advocate of the separation of church and state.

CALVIN:

Nevertheless, I feel the need for spiritual guidance and comfort as I face the day's struggles.

CALVIN:

So I was wondering if I could strip down,
smear myself withg paste,
and set fire to this little effigy of you
in a non-denominational sort of way.

CALVIN (After being sent to the Principal's office):

Boy, what a touchy subject!”
― Bill Watterson, The Days Are Just Packed

“They must train you pretty good not to react to shit like that. Must take stuff out of you.” Vince’s eyes intensified then broke her gaze. ‘Actually, it’s more like they put stuff in.”
― Barry Kirwan, The Eden Paradox

“I am not okay. I will be okay, but right now I am not okay. I want my husband to put his arms around me, to console me, to baby me a little bit. Just for a second.”
― Gillian Flynn, Gone Girl

“This led me very promptly to the conviction that those “feminine charms” we are so fond of are not feminine at all, but mere reflected masculinity—developed to please us because they had to please us, and in no way essential to the real fulfillment of their great process.”
― Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Herland / The Yellow Wallpaper