"The waitress brought me another drink. She wanted to light my hurricane lamp again. I wouldn't let her. "Can you see anything in the dark, with your sunglasses on?" she asked me. "The big show is inside my head," I said."

-- Kurt Vonnegut

#Dark Quotes #Light Quotes #Hurricanes Quotes

“If writing is language and language is desire and longing and suffering . . . then why when we write, when we make shapes on paper, why then does it so often look like the traditional, straight models, why does our longing look for example like John Updike's longing?”

Source : Carole Maso (2000). “Break Every Rule: Essays on Language, Longing, & Moments of Desire”, Counterpoint Press
“Losers let it happen; winners make it happen!”
“George W. Bush's approval ratings have plummeted as Americans realize that it's not gay marriage that's destroying the country, but rather the president, Donald Rumsfeld, Condoleezza Rice and the rest of the gang in the White House. They're the ones who've taken us to war based on lies and have irreparably damaged the nation's integrity.”
“The Strength of a hero is not in her abilities. In her weapons. These things are important, but they are not the source of her strength. The source of her strength is in her belief in an idea â€“ the idea that those who are strong, and those who are able, protect those who are not, and those who cannot protect themselves. The idea that the good, and the right, will triumph. She is willing to put herself in harmâ€™s way â€“ in mortal danger â€“ to prove her belief in this idea.â€ â€œThat it is the duty of those who have within themselves the power, and the gift, to help others.”
“â€¦she remembered watching a summer sunset from this very spot. Not so long ago; just a lifetime.”
“I had a lot of fun with my costume designer.”
“I'm so excited [to be Miss USA]. It's a dream come true.”
“Next to the Word of God, the noble art of music is the greatest treasure in the world.”

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