#bet

My favorite thing in the world is a box of fine European chocolates which is, for sure, better than sex. ↗

— Alicia Silverstone

#box #chocolates #european #favorite #fine

It was night and I could see a large and calm lake, reflecting the moon. Black mountains rose around it. I arrived from between two of these mountains, I looked at the lake and the moon, and that was it, nothing else happened. ↗

— Georges Simenon

#arrived #between #black #calm #could

The fact that we are I don't know how many millions of people, yet communication, complete communication, is completely impossible between two of those people, is to me one of the biggest tragic themes in the world. ↗

— Georges Simenon

#biggest #communication #complete #completely #fact

Every relationship between two individuals or two groups will be characterized by the ratio of secrecy that is involved in it. ↗

— Georg Simmel

#characterized #every #groups #individuals #involved

Secrecy sets barriers between men, but at the same time offers the seductive temptation to break through the barriers by gossip or confession. ↗

— Georg Simmel

#between #break #confession #gossip #men

Every relationship between persons causes a picture of each to take form in the mind of the other, and this picture evidently is in reciprocal relationship with that personal relationship. ↗

— Georg Simmel

#causes #each #every #evidently #form

There's a unique bond of trust between readers and authors that I don't believe exists in any other art form; as a reader, I trust a novelist to give me his or her best effort, however flawed. ↗

— Dan Simmons

#art #art form #authors #believe #best

I'd like to think that the boring lady who's talking to me now is a lot sexier and more interesting than the one who's doing NPR. You know, studious and reserved, and - I bet you're a lot of fun at a party. ↗

— Gene Simmons

#boring #doing #fun #i #interesting

If you're building a house, or doing anything, time is what you've got. Well, there's effort, but you need time. The more time you put into something, the better stuff you can make. ↗

— Gene Simmons

#better #building #doing #effort #got

No. Better research needed. Fire your research person. No fishnet stockings. Never. Not in this band. ↗

— Gene Simmons

#better #fire #fishnet #needed #never