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"Oh god, too depressing for my post-move brain. Will cone back to it later." — Apr 09, 2015 07:25PM
"Oh god, too depressing for my post-move brain. Will cone back to it later." — Apr 09, 2015 07:25PM
“There are four things that lead to wisdom. You ready for them?'
She nodded, wondering when the police work would begin.
"They are four sentences we learn to say, and mean." Gamache held up his hand as a fist and raised a finger with each point. "I don't know. I need help. I'm sorry. I was wrong'.”
― Still Life
She nodded, wondering when the police work would begin.
"They are four sentences we learn to say, and mean." Gamache held up his hand as a fist and raised a finger with each point. "I don't know. I need help. I'm sorry. I was wrong'.”
― Still Life
“There is solid evidence for the fact that when women speak more than 30 percent of the time, men perceive them as dominating the conversation; well, similarly, if, say, two women in a row get one of the big annual literary awards, masculine voices start talking about feminist cabals, political correctness, and the decline of fairness in judging. The 30 percent rule is really powerful. If more than one woman out of four or five won the Pulitzer, the PEN/Faulkner, the Booker—if more than one woman in ten were to win the Nobel literature prize—the ensuing masculine furore would devalue and might destroy the prize. Apparently, literary guys can only compete with each other. Put on a genuinely equal competitive footing with women, they get hysterical.”
― The Wave in the Mind: Talks and Essays on the Writer, the Reader, and the Imagination
― The Wave in the Mind: Talks and Essays on the Writer, the Reader, and the Imagination
“It is always easier to find your sense of value by demeaning another’s value. It is easier to define yourself as ‘not that,’ rather than do an actual accounting of your own qualities and put them on the scale.”
― Why I Am Not a Feminist: A Feminist Manifesto
― Why I Am Not a Feminist: A Feminist Manifesto
“You're a handsome one, aren't you?" she cooed. "So strong and sturdy. What a good hasp you must have; what a firm sense of your purpose. But you've been holding your place for so long. You can't be expecting to stay closed forever. Why, that isn't fair! The people who put you here don't appreciate you the way I do. They don't understand how difficult it is to be a lock, and do the things you do. I would appreciate you always. I would never leave you alone in the rain to rust."
"Are we watching a woman try to seduce a lock?" asked Andrew. "I'm not objecting if we are -- your kink is okay and all -- but I just want to confirm that everyone else is seeing what I'm seeing, here."
The lock clicked as it released, popping open.
"No, we're watch a woman successfully seduce a lock, said Jeffery. "Fascinating."
"Her love life must involve a lot of handcuffs," I said, earning myself a snort from Ciara as she reached out and removed the padlock from its place on the door.
"Don't ask about mine and I won't ask about yours," she said, making the lock disappear into her pocket.”
― Reflections
"Are we watching a woman try to seduce a lock?" asked Andrew. "I'm not objecting if we are -- your kink is okay and all -- but I just want to confirm that everyone else is seeing what I'm seeing, here."
The lock clicked as it released, popping open.
"No, we're watch a woman successfully seduce a lock, said Jeffery. "Fascinating."
"Her love life must involve a lot of handcuffs," I said, earning myself a snort from Ciara as she reached out and removed the padlock from its place on the door.
"Don't ask about mine and I won't ask about yours," she said, making the lock disappear into her pocket.”
― Reflections
“You’re nobody’s doorway but your own, and the only one who gets to tell you how your story ends is you.”
― Every Heart a Doorway
― Every Heart a Doorway
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