"Lies hurt people; imagination makes life more fun."

-- Dean Koontz

#Hurt Quotes #Fun Quotes #Lying Quotes

“You have a curious way of arousing one's imagination, stimulating all one's nerves, and making one's pulses beat faster. You put an aureole on vice, provided only if it is honest. Your ideal is a daring courtesan of genius. Oh, you are the kind of man who will corrupt a woman to her very last fiber.”

Source : Leopold von Sacher-Masoch (2015). “Venus in Furs”, p.49, Cosimo Classics
“I hate to tell you, dragon, but that's an integral part of the whole usiness," he whispered. "If you're afraid to touch me then we're not going to get very far." She lifted her head to look at him. "I thought I could lie back and let you ravish me," she said with complete honesty. He shook his head, the smile hovering around his lips, his eyes intent. "This is a cooperative effort, my love. You have to do your part.”
“Marriage is a wrestling match where you hold on tight while your mate changes into a hundred different things. The trick is that you're changing into a hundred other things, but you can't let go. You can only try to match up and never turn into a wolf while he's a rabbit, or a mouse while he's still busy being an owl, a brawny black bull while he's a little blue crab scuttling for shelter. It's harder than it sounds.”
“I'm a great fan of Carey Lowell's and I loved Jill Hennessey.”
“Many, many years ago, I was one of the few conductors who talked to the audience and now a lot of classical conductors have figured it out... otherwise, you just get the back of someone's head playing music you could hear on a CD. It's not enough anymore.”
“Death followed by eternity the worst of both worlds. It is a terrible thought.”
“Pioneering in space was something I would willingly give my life for.”

Source : "We Seven: By the Astronauts Themselves". Book by Scott Carpenter, 1962.
“People talk about dysfunctional families; I've never seen any other kind.”

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