#are

Oh, please don't go—we'll eat you up—we love you so! ↗

— Maurice Sendak

#love

Fifteen minutes later, Betsy came thundering down the stairs. "I'm going to the mall with Sierra to see a movie." Michael leaned forward, switched off the television. "Can you please rephrase that in the form of a question?" "Sure. Can I have some money? ↗

— Kristin Hannah

#kids #parenting #humor

What's your pick?" "Jesus Camp" "Never heard of it, Is it a slasher flick?" 'It's a documentary." We all laughed but he didn't seem to be joking. "I'm telling you, if that movie doesn't scare you, nothing will." Jared looked at hi in astonishment. "A documentary about religion?" "It's not about religion. It's about fanaticism. Not the same thing." Angelo was looking thoughtful, and I knew we'd have a copy by the end of the month. ↗

— Marie Sexton

#jared #matt #zach #movies

Now I think I understand how this world can overcome a man. ↗

— James Sullivan

#fiction #james #james-sullivan #music #nightmare

I want to drum up interest for instruments that are played by beating them with sticks. 
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— Jarod Kintz

#appealing #awareness #drum #instruments #interest

Don't compare yourself with anyone in this world...if you do so, you are insulting yourself. ↗

— Bill Gates

#insult #unique #insult

want people to rock out in the car and not care that people are watching, I love that feeling when the sequences are all perfect and you can just press play. I want the music to take you on a journey. ↗

— Blake Lewis

#care #music #love

It's in my genes. My mother was an opera singer. I'm clearly dramatic. ↗

— Mariah Carey

#music #opera #music

Saatnya angin berbau asin datang dari laut. Hari ini, aku akan bermain gekkin untukmu. Suara denting senar melebur bersama udara, meresap dalam panca indera. Terlihat seperti wewangian apakah nada-nada ini... Dengan terlahirnya lagu ini, keberadaanmu mendapatkan makna baru. Kalau bersedia, bernyanyilah bersamaku. Masih ada waktu sebelum gelap. Waktu yang paling indah. ↗

— Hitoshi Ashinano

#modesty #mono-no-aware #music #music

She had been struck by the figure of a woman's back in a mirror. She stopped and looked. The dress the figure wore was the color called ashes of roses, and Ada stood, held in place by a sharp stitch of envy or th woman's dress and the fine shape of her back and her thick dark hair and the sense of assurance she seemed to evidence in her very posture. Then Ada took a step forward, and the other woman did too, and Ada realized that it was herself she was admiring, the mirror having caught the reflection of an opposite mirror on the wall behind her. The light of the lamps and the tint of the mirrors had conspired to shift colors, bleaching mauve to rose. She climbed the steps to her room and prepared for bed, but she slept poorly that night, for the music went on until dawn. As she lay awake she thought how odd it had felt to win her own endorsement. ↗

— Charles Frazier

#women #music