Julien

“An alcohol-free wedding reception is like masturbating for an hour without reaching orgasm. It’s fun at the beginning, but after a while it’s just exhausting and depressing and you want it to be over. Like that, but with dancing.”
― Johnny Shaw, Plaster City

“There is no place like home.”
― L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

“He waited in silence for the blindfold to be tied firmly at the back of his head. ‘Right,’ said Wilkins, emphatically. ‘That should do. How many fingers am I holding up?’ ‘Three,’ said Thomas. ‘God damn it to hell, how did you know that? Can you see through the cloth?’ ‘No. It was a guess.’ ‘Well you’re not supposed to guess. For crying out loud, I’m trying to make sure that you can’t see where we’re going. We’re not here to play guessing games. How many fingers am I holding up?’ ‘I’ve no idea. I can’t see a bloody thing.’ ‘Good. It was four, by the way. Not that it matters. Now shut up.”
― Jonathan Coe, Expo 58: A brilliant and funny spy novel set at the 1958 World Fair from the award-winning author of Middle England

“Les réseaux sociaux nous serinaient le mot "partage", nous faisant croire aux mirages d’un monde où tout serait mis en commun, alors que c’était le contraire. On ne "partageait" pas ses photos : on se les jetait à la gueule”
― Christophe Ono-Dit-Biot, Plonger