"But I also think when we embark on intimate relationships, we make a basic human promise to be decent, to hold a flattering mirror up to each other, to be respectful as we explore each other."

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Lena Dunham

#Thinking Quotes #Mirrors Quotes #Promise Quotes

“That's the thing - you do a job like 'Shameless,' and suddenly that's why you can get a job like 'The Virgin Queen', not because of all the classical theatre you've done. But we can be very snippy about television. It's absolutely the most potent and powerful form of storytelling we have.”
“My body is like breakfast, lunch, and dinner. I don't think about it, I just have it.”
“All food is the gift of the gods and has something of the miraculous, the egg no less than the truffle.”
“It is a pleasure for to sit at ease Upon the land, and safely for to see How other folks are tossed on the seas That with the blustering winds turmoiled be.”
“You know, food is such - it's a hug for people.”
“Venus is kind to creatures as young as we;We know not what we do, and while we're youngWe have the right to live and love like gods.”
“There is always someone there to lend a hand.”
“Do you ever get the feeling like you already know the entire contents of the universe somewhere inside of your head, as if you were born with a complete map of this world already grafted onto the folds of your cerebellum and you are just spending your entire life figuring out how to access this map?”

Source : Reif Larsen (2010). “The Selected Works of T. S. Spivet: A Novel”, p.328, Penguin

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