#ben

People willing to trade their freedom for security deserve neither and will lose both. ↗

[W]hat upset grownups of both sexes about Elvis' performance was that he had broken the deepest taboo of all. He used his body as rhythmically and erotically and seductively as a woman--that was the forbidden territory he had entered. It was not only repulsive and offensive--it was nauseating--the word most used. It was an attack on male dignity. The kids, however, not yet grown into the stereotypes of gender, saw in him an exhilarating physical freedom. ↗

— Elaine Dundy

#genderbending #freedom

She ought to call him Benjamin, but it was too intimate, too soft. "My lord?" she ventured, only half serious. "Good, God, no." She bit back a smile. "Husband?" she took a sip of wine. He grunted. "Are we to become Quakers? ↗

— Kristen Callihan

#benjamin #firelight #funny #miranda #names

Somebody left a pair of baby shoes on a bench. I would have taken them home, if only they weren’t too big for my feet.  ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#baby-shoes #bench #bizarre #feet #funny

Enough Is Enough America. Let's Work To End All Violence. At Home, In The Streets, Against Women, Children, Brothers, Sisters And Start Moving Forward To Help Make Our Nation Safe For All! ↗

— Timothy Pina

#legend-of-the-peace-panda #home

We never think lightly of those who walk with us on our uphill days. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#charity #friends #friendship #giving #kindness

Joy, not sorrow. Laughter, not tears. Life, not death. Love, not blame. ↗

— Lisa Schroeder

#optimism #positivism #death

A lot of people say I'm bent, and I've heard it so many times that I've almost learned to accept it. ↗

— Dusty Springfield

#almost #bent #heard #i #learned

Im studying jerkoffs in the wild," Ben answered dryly. "This seemed like a good chance to view one up close. ↗