Emily

“In French culture, the best way of buying time or getting off the hook entirely in a thorny personal situation is to claim that it’s complicated. The French did not invent love, but they did invent romance, so they’ve had more time than any other culture on earth to refine the nuances of its language.”
― Mark Zero, The French Art of Revenge

“Any excess in life is a substitute for something that's missing.”
― Beverly Sills, Beverly

“Those times when I couldn’t stand what I was, and I didn’t know how I could possibly be something else.”
― Kate Bornstein, Hello Cruel World: 101+ Alternatives to Suicide for Teens, Freaks, and Other Outlaws

“Swearing doesn’t make your argument valid; it just tells the other person you have lost your class and control.”
― Shannon L. Alder