"do you have to sit so close?" she asked on a ragged breath. "Yes." was his only reply. "want to tell me why?" "no." (Darius replied) "i don't like it." She insisted scooting from him for the second time. He moved closer "want to tell me why?" he parroted. "No" she parroted right back."

-- Gena Showalter

#Want Quotes #Darius Quotes #Moved Quotes

“Traditional hedonism...was based on the direct experience of pleasure: wine, women and song; sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll; or whatever the local variant. The problem, from a capitalist perspective, is that there are inherent limits to all this. People become sated, bored...Modern self-illusory hedonism solves this dilemma because here, what one is really consuming are fantasies and day-dreams about what having a certain product would be like.”
“If you only knew the magnificence of the 3, 6 and 9, then you would have the key to the universe.”
“Society is what we make of it, so we'd better try to make it the best we can.”
“I call animals "guardians of Being," especially animals that live with humans. Because, for many humans, it's through their contact with animals they get in touch with that level of being.”
“Life is choices, and they are relentless. No sooner have you made one choice than another is upon you.”

Source : Atul Gawande (2014). “Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End”, p.113, Metropolitan Books
“Yes, it's true - I love the roar of the crowd. When the fans are with you, their voices come together in a big booming rush of sound that you can actually feel in your body - almost like a wave that lifts you and carries you past your own limits.”
“If you are one of earthâ€™s inhabitants, how blest your father, and your gentle mother, blest all your kin. I know what happiness must send the warm tears to their eyes, each time they see their wondrous child go to the dancing! But one manâ€™s destiny is more than blestâ€”he who prevails, and takes you as his bride. Never have I laid eyes on equal beauty in man or woman. I am hushed indeed.”
“I should hate to be a regular girl with a sugar-plum voice. I should hate to have swan-like lashes, and a thick, sooty neck. I sound as though Iâ€™m joking, I know, but I should truly hate to be like Leanne, so charming and ordinary and stuffed with clichÃ©d feelings. Iâ€™m glad Iâ€™m the ice maiden. Who wants to be crying over every stray dog? Not I. Scratch my surface and what do you see? More surface.”

Source : Franny Billingsley (2013). “Chime”, p.157, A&C Black

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