"I saw the movie, he said. I know what it's about. Listen to this. When girls get to be about twelve or so - he leaned toward us - their ***** bleed."

-- Jeffrey Eugenides

#Girl Quotes #Twelve Quotes #Saws Quotes

“...the world has become a photographable present, and the photographed present has been entirely eternalized. Seemingly ripped from the clutch of death, in reality it has succumbed to it.”

Source : Siegfried Kracauer, Thomas Y. Levin (1995). “The Mass Ornament: Weimar Essays”, p.59, Harvard University Press
“Language grows out of life, out of its needs and experiences...Language and knowledge are indissolubly connected; they are interdependent. Good work in language presupposes and depends on a real knowledge of things.”
“Government in the U.S. today is a senior partner in every business in the country.”
“I want to see genuine talent rewarded.”
“Evil is relativeâ€¦You canâ€™t hang a sign on it. You canâ€™t touch it or taste it or cut it with a sword. Evil depends on where you are standing, pointing your indicting finger.”
“No man ever became very wicked all at once.”
“Working at BBC, at the head of one of the top dramas, is a tradition for great actors.”
“Tell the truth and make it rhyme”

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