"Eroticism is assenting to life even in death."

-- Georges Bataille

“The people we are in relationships with are always a mirror, reflecting our own beliefs, and simultaneously we are mirrors, reflecting their beliefs.”
“Say, it's only a paper moon, Sailing over a cardboard sea, But it wouldn't be make believe, If you believed in me.”

Source : "It's Only a Paper Moon" (song) (1933). Cowritten with E. Y. Harburg.
“When my daughter looks at me, she sees a small old lady. That is because she sees only with her outside eyes. She has no chuming, no inside knowing of things. If she had chuming she would see a tiger lady. And she would have careful fear.”
“On nights like this when the air is so clear, you end up saying things you ordinarily wouldnâ€™t. Without even noticing what youâ€™re doing, you open up your heart and just start talking to the person next to youâ€”you talk as if you have no audience but the glittering stars, far overhead.”
“What about him?" "What's going on with you two?" "Nothing," Kat said, a little too quickly. "Yeah, and why is that exactly? I thought you two were getting all relationshipy. But now you're gone half of the time and he's ...angry." "No, he's not." "Yes, he is." Gabrielle gave a short laugh. "He doesn't like you going off, doing these jobs on your own.”
“It's basically me saying to the industry that I won't work within the walls in hip-hop. I want to put a twist on things, and that's what that song is all about. It's about putting a twist on stereotypes.”
“Elegance is very dangerous. It's like TNT. A little goes a long way.”
“For the first half of this century, High Court judges have been cautious to the point of timidity in expressing any criticism of governmental action; the independence of the judiciary has been of a decidedly subordinate character.”

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