"Some children have the most disagreeable way of getting grown-up"

-- Lewis Carroll

#Children Quotes #Growing Up Quotes #Way Quotes

“Do you know there is always a barrier between me and any man or woman who does not like dogs?”
“A rural Venus, Selah rises from thegold foliage of the Sixhiboux River, sweepspetals of water from her skin. At once,clouds begin to sob for such beauty.Clothing drops like leaves."No one makes poetry,my Mme.Butterfly, my Carmen, in Whylah,"I whisper. She smiles: "We'll shape it withour souls."Desire illuminates the dark manuscriptof our skin with beetles and butterflies.After the lightning and rain has ceased,after the lightning and rain of lovemakinghas ceased, Selah will dive again into thesunflower-open river.”
“I learned enough Hebrew to stagger through a meaningless ceremony that I scarcely remember.”
“Nothing builds authority up like silence, splendor of the strong and shelter of the weak.”
“... all of us talk faster than we listen.”
“Dieting is long-haul. Many rapid weight loss programs actually only squeeze the water out of you. Just like a wet sponge. But a good dieter maintains his or her grip on that sponge, not letting it soak up water again.”

Source : Owen Jones (2015). “Your Weight and You”, p.19, Owen Jones
“Neither was there any heresy, or diversity of opinion, or disputing about the matter, till the pope had gathered a council to confirm this transubstantiation: wherefore it is most likely that this opinion came up by them of latter days.”
“Honesty pays, but it doesn't seem to pay enough to suit some people.”

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