"If you look closely you'll find all my lovers inscribed on my skin."

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Source : Jill Ciment (2007). “The Tattoo Artist: A Novel”, p.33, Vintage

Jill Ciment

#Skins Quotes #Looks Quotes #Lovers Quotes

“Think of the millions of young men who died fighting for democracy. We spit on their graves when we let democracy slip away into the sewer of illegal money.”
“I think it would be cool if you were writing a ransom note on your computer, if the paper clip popped up and said, 'Looks like you're writing a ransom note. Need help? You should use more forceful language, you'll get more money.'”
“The more experience and insight I obtain into human nature, the more convinced do I become that the greater portion of a man is purely animal.”

Source : Henry Morton Stanley (1890). “In Darkest Africa”
“Providence has so ordained it, that only two women have a true interest in the happiness of a man--his own mother, and the mother of his children. Besides these two legitimate kinds of love, there is nothing between the two creatures except vain excitement, painful and vain delusion.”
“I tried to find something real in essentially something thats science fiction or something-for me, anyways-not having an experience like this.”
“The world seemed less scary and I started to like myself a little bit more.”
“You'd figure he'd go do something with his life, like maybe he could enlist and actually become a marine!”
“When I'm really stressed emotionally, I say to myself that there's only so much I can do to change things. Life happens on life's terms. Then, I go for a run.”

Source : "Interview with Kevin Griffin of Better Than Ezra". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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