"There's no time to be modest. Reason will not work here. Without warning, I kiss Kartik. His lips, pressed firmly against mine, are a surprise. They are warm, light as breath, firm as the give of a peach against my mouth. A scent like scorched cinnamon hangs in the air, but I'm not falling into any vision. It's his smell in me. A smell that makes my stomach drop through my feet. A smell that pushes all thought out of my head and replaces it with an overpowering hunger for more."

-- Libba Bray

#Fall Quotes #Kissing Quotes #Smell Quotes

“We think abortion is a bad thing.”

Source : "Abortion Lies And Other Shadings Of The Truth". Philadelphia Inquirer quote, articles.chicagotribune.com. March 05, 1997.
“My whole life has conspired to bring me to this place, and I canâ€™t despise my whole life.”
“It wasn't enough to be positive, focused and fearless, I had to take action! Musicians say that the hardest part of practicing is taking the instrument out of the case. To begin is to be half done!”

Source : Joey Reiman (2001). “Thinking for a Living: Creating Ideas That Revitalize Your Business, Career, and Life”, p.80, Taylor Trade Publishing
“The wounds of self-love turn incurable when the oxide of self-love gets into them.”
“Nothing is more binding than the friendship of companions-in-arms.”
“People will buy anything that is one to a customer.”
“When you stay in your room and rage or sneer or shrug your shoulders, as I did for many years, the world and its problems are impossibly daunting. But when you go out and put yourself in real relation to real people, or even just real animals, thereâ€™s a very real danger that you might end up loving some of them. And who knows what might happen to you then?”

Source : FaceBook post by Jonathan Franzen from Apr 06, 2012
“I thought Nixon was the worst President we had ever had, save only perhaps Andrew Johnson.”

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