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The bloody battle to defend English and champion “good grammar” hasn’t always been in existence; in fact, prior to about the middle of the fifteenth century, there was very, very little thought given to English as a language of discourse,
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“לא נשאר כלום מחולצות הפולו הצהובות והוורודות של רלף לורן שרפי כל כך אהב ללבוש כאות להשתלבות המוחלטת שלו בבורגנות האירופית, כי לא קוברים אנשים בחולצות פולו, אלא בחליפות שחורות שתואמות את מצב הרוח המשוער של המוות”
― הישראלי הנצחי
― הישראלי הנצחי
“There's something a little depressing about such a united opinion that you did your best work twenty years ago.”
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
“I think it's important to explain that major depression is not even peripherally related to "sadness". Depression is the absence of emotion. I never cried during my darkest periods of depression. Crying would have been A HOLIDAY. It would have been FUCKING CHRISTMAS. A fight or a feeling of anger would have been AN EASTER EGG HUNT AT DISNEYLAND. I am vocal about my depression now because it was so fucking Satanically awful that I view it as one my life's primary missions to help other people understand and overcome it.
Depression kills people because in the normal weather patterns of human emotion over a day or a week or a decade, actual unipolar major depressive disorder doesn't appear. It's like The Nothing in The NeverEnding Story. It eats your anger, your sadness, your happiness, your testicle and/or ovaries.”
― Mother. Wife. Sister. Human. Warrior. Falcon. Yardstick. Turban. Cabbage.
Depression kills people because in the normal weather patterns of human emotion over a day or a week or a decade, actual unipolar major depressive disorder doesn't appear. It's like The Nothing in The NeverEnding Story. It eats your anger, your sadness, your happiness, your testicle and/or ovaries.”
― Mother. Wife. Sister. Human. Warrior. Falcon. Yardstick. Turban. Cabbage.
“There are a lot of advantages to being with someone of your own race. The cultural shorthand makes it a lot easier. You don’t have to constantly explain everything or act like a smiling tour guide for Asian American culture or deal with dietary differences.”
― Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets, and Advice for Living Your Best Life
― Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets, and Advice for Living Your Best Life
“Too dumb to succeed, too honest to cheat.”
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