"Fortunately, all it takes for us to be of one mind is some buttercream frosting."

--

Source : Jen Lancaster (2009). “Pretty in Plaid: A Life, A Witch, and a Wardrobe, or, the Wonder Years Before the Condescending, Egomaniacal, Self-Centered Smart-Ass Phase”, p.233, Penguin

Jen Lancaster

“The purpose of propaganda is not to provide interesting distraction for blasÃ© young gentlemen, but to convince... the masses. But the masses are slow moving, and they always require a certain time before they are ready even to notice a thing, and only after the simplest ideas are repeated thousands of times will the masses finally remember them.”
“The way the people around you position themselves around you to get in your pockets and in your mind is infuriating to me.”
“The fact is that some people are better than others - smarter, harder working, more learned, more productive, harder to replace.”

Source : William A. Henry, III (2015). “In Defense of Elitism”, p.23, Anchor
“I have been astonished that men could die martyrs for their religion-- I have shuddered at it, I shudder no more. I could be martyred for my religion. Love is my religion and I could die for that. I could die for you. My Creed is Love and you are its only tenet.”
“When a show becomes a mega hit internationally, you lose a lot of privacy, you become a hider. It's not a human condition we are exposed to very often.”
“Such is the life of a man. Moments of joy, obliterated by unforgettable sadness. There's no need to tell the children that.”
“I look to nature because I think the animals are smarter than we are. Animals mate; humans date. There's no dating in the animal kingdom. No dinner, no movie - just a quick sniff, 'Alright, let's go.'”
“Loneliness is the first thing which God's eye named not good.”

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