"The first kiss ideally signals rapture, exchange of hearts, and imminent marriage. Otherwise it is a kiss that lies. All very crude and nonsensical, and yet it is the staple myth of hundreds of comics called 'Sweethearts,' 'Romantic Secrets' and so forth. The state induced by the kiss is actually self-induced, of course, for few lips are so gifted with electric and psychedelic possibilities."

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Germaine Greer

#Lying Quotes #Heart Quotes #Kissing Quotes

“Anything that drags down the American economy drags the Canadian economy down with it.”

Source : "International observers express fear, optimism on shutdown" by Alex Hopkins, www.washingtontimes.com. October 1, 2013.
“Everything is expressed through RELATIONSHIPS.”
“Every presidential candidate highlights patriotism, but Mr. Romneys is backed by the Mormon belief that the United States was chosen by God to play a special role in history, its Constitution divinely inspired.”
“Man only progresses by slowly elaborating from age to age the essence and the totality of a universe deposited within him.”
“It has been left to our generation to discover that you can move heaven and earth to save five minutes and then not have the faintest idea what to do with them when you have saved them.”
“Although we didn't invite Lucinda, she arrived anyway-with a gift. "No need," Char and I chimed together. "Remember when you were a squirrel," Mandy said.”
“We all experience pain and suffering, but it is not the quintessential nature of life. Just because the earth turns away from the sun and night occurs doesn't mean that the sun isn't always shining. It might be hard to see sometimes, but goodness and divine beauty can always be found if you adjust your vision just right.”
“I always write the first and last song of an album first, and then the middle just kind of happens.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com

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