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Language is a leader’s charisma. It’s what empowers them to create a mini universe—a system of values and truths—and then compel their followers to heed its rules.
“Then let’s rock and roll!” she said. “But first, I’ve got a bladder full of passion fruit lemonade that needs a download, and I warn y’all, the walls in here are real thin. You might want to go outside.”
― How to Sell a Haunted House
― How to Sell a Haunted House
“It's all right," he was shouting. "Come out, Mrs Beaver. Come out, Sons and Daughters of Adam.
It's all right! It isn't Her!" This was bad grammar of course, but that is how beavers talk when they
are excited; I mean, in Narnia - in our world they usually don't talk at all.”
― The Chronicles of Narnia - The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - Unaabridged
It's all right! It isn't Her!" This was bad grammar of course, but that is how beavers talk when they
are excited; I mean, in Narnia - in our world they usually don't talk at all.”
― The Chronicles of Narnia - The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - Unaabridged
“I don’t like knowing people in the context of things. "Oh, that’s the person I work out with. That’s the person I’m in a book club with. That’s the person I did that show with." Because once the context ends, so does the friendship”
― I'm Glad My Mom Died
― I'm Glad My Mom Died
“Each “good” thing Mom says about my “natural beauty” is followed up by its downside, which serves as the justification for its need to be enhanced by a little good old-fashioned store-bought beauty. And since it seems like every single “naturally beautiful” thing about me comes with a downside that needs to be enhanced by store-bought beauty, I’m beginning to wonder if I’m really naturally beautiful at all, or if Mom’s use of the term “naturally beautiful” goes in the same place where others would just use the term “ugly.”
― I'm Glad My Mom Died
― I'm Glad My Mom Died
“Mark was cleaner but he looked like exactly the type of guy who’d go to a Waffle House at three in the morning after shooting a haunted puppet.”
― How to Sell a Haunted House
― How to Sell a Haunted House
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