"Yet, I wondered why Marshall did not at least attempt a kiss. In many ways, his treatment of me reminded me of the way I had behaved toward the doll that Mamma Mae had given me as a child. I favored it so that I had refused myself of the joy of playing with it, daring to love it only with my eyes. But in doing so, I had denied myself its very purpose."

-- Kathleen Grissom

#Love Quotes #Children Quotes #Eye Quotes

“Faced with the choice of enduring a bad toothache or going to the dentist, we generally tried to ride out the bad tooth.”

Source : Joseph Barbera (1994). “My Life in 'Toons: From Flatbush to Bedrock in Under a Century”, Turner Pub
“Human nature has a tendency to admire complexity but reward simplicity.”
“I was from a poor Jewish family in the South Bronx. My father was a plumber, but when I was 16, he got sick and I had to take over. Being a plumber in the South Bronx wasn't fun.”
“Fashion is only different skins for different flavours of you.”

Source : Lauren Beukes (2010). “Zoo City”, p.123, Jacana Media
“My fans aren't obsessed. They're just incredible and devoted.”
“You stand now between anarchy and law. The Police have done their duty. Let the jury have the same courage so that the police can indeed rest in peace. The flowers of spring shall bloom upon their graves moistened by the tears of a great city. Outraged and violated law shall be redeemed and in their martyrdom anarchy shall be buried forever.”
“It was up to him to pay back to the world in beauty and caring what Leslie had loaned him in vision and strength.”
“It wasn't an architect or a designer who invented objects, but an artisan.”

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