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“To look life in the face, always, to look life in the face, and to know it for what it is...at last, to love it for what it is, and then, to put it away...”
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“I learnt a blend of different martial arts - not in great depth, obviously - but various moves such as kicks, blocks and punches. It was all quite fun.”
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“Femininity itself has become a brand, a narrow and shrinking formula of commoditised identity which can be sold back to women who have become alienated from their own power as living, loving, labouring beings.”
Source : Laurie Penny (2011). “Meat Market: Female Flesh Under Capitalism”, p.11, John Hunt Publishing
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“Age overtakes us all; Our temples first; then on o'er cheek and chin, Slowly and surely, creep the frosts of Time. Up and do somewhat, ere thy limbs are sere.”
Source : Theocritus (2016). “Delphi Complete Works of Theocritus (Illustrated)”, p.71, Delphi Classics
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“Do it, fix it, try it.”
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“I assume everything I do in life is gonna be a failure, and then if it turns up roses, then I'm psyched.”
Source : "Jonah Hill, Michael Cera, and Christopher Mintz-Plasse of 'Superbad'". Interview with Nathan Rabin, film.avclub.com. August 15, 2007.
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“Everyone knew this was the episode that was going to make or break the season.”
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“There is a perverse comfort zone to living a small life. For women, that zone has to do with the fact that we're less likely to be challenged, we're less likely to be criticized, we're less likely to be called angry or strident, if we simply go along and acquiesce to the prevailing patterns of thought and behavior.”