"Part of flirting is that you tend to give each other a little extra slack to be obscure - to say things that are suggestive and nuanced, rather than clear and comprehensible, things you wouldn't put up with in an essay or something written by a stranger - and that can be so exciting."

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Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com

Elif Batuman

#Flirting Quotes #Giving Quotes #Littles Quotes

“A woman is as old as she looks before breakfast.”
“China's ability to deliver nuclear warheads on American cities is expanding.”
“If people wanted to fight me-because of my hair or because my skin was too dark-then I fought them”
“Tattooing is historical, cultural and a great form of art but it should always be safe for both the client and the tattoo practitioner.”
“At its best, schooling can be about how to make a life, which is quite different from how to make a living.”

Source : Neil Postman (2011). “The End of Education: Redefining the Value of School”, p.10, Vintage
“I still the love classic period, but also the baroque period, and even 17th-Century music such as the music of Monteverdi. He's one of the greatest opera composers. He was the one who really started the opera.”
“We write our names in the sand: and then the waves roll in and wash them away.”

Source : The Sandman #30: "August",
“Nothing is more certain than the defeat of a man who gives up.”

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