“Maybe there is a beast… maybe it's only us.”
― Lord of the Flies
― Lord of the Flies
“Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, and not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by”
― A Modest Genius: The Story of Darwin's Life and How His Ideas Changed Everything
― A Modest Genius: The Story of Darwin's Life and How His Ideas Changed Everything
“Everyone’s always going through something, aren’t they? That’s life, basically. It’s just more and more things to go through.”
― Conversations with Friends
― Conversations with Friends
“And you’re in love?” “Ma, we’ve never even kissed.” “And that has anything to do with it?” “Okay, fine. Yes, I think so. But don’t tell anyone. Don’t even repeat it to yourself.” “Why?” “Because it’s humiliating.” “Sweetheart, love is humiliating. Hasn’t anyone ever told you that?” “Who would have told me that?” “Do you know the word humiliate comes from the Latin root humus , which means ‘earth’? That’s how love is supposed to feel.” “Like hummus?” “Like earth. It ground s you. All this nonsense about love being a drug, making you feel high, that’s not real. It should hold you like the earth.” “Wow, Ma.” “What? I have a heart, don’t I?”
― Cleopatra and Frankenstein
― Cleopatra and Frankenstein
“I had absolutely no interest in being somebody else's muse.
I am not a muse.
I am the somebody.
End of fucking story.”
― Daisy Jones & The Six
I am not a muse.
I am the somebody.
End of fucking story.”
― Daisy Jones & The Six
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