Danni Mladenovic

“The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays.”
― Soren Kierkegaard

“[O]ut of the blue Sophie asked, "Aunt Faith, what's a vibrator?"

Faith was in mid-swallow and choked on her coffee.
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"Baby, where'd you hear that?"
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"My momma was on the phone with her friend Ms. Kim last night, and she said that Lottie Bishop kicked her in the crouch so many times that she didn't know if she'd ever be able to take her vibrator for a test spin again.”
― Robin Alexander, The Summer of Our Discontent

“Science is the poetry of the intellect and poetry the science of the heart's affections.”
― Lawrence Durrell, The Alexandria Quartet

“I am not here to entertain straight people.”
― Sarah Schulman