#bone

Inside the snow globe on my father's desk, there was a penguin wearing a red-and-white-striped scarf. When I was little my father would pull me into his lap and reach for the snow globe. He would turn it over, letting all the snow collect on the top, then quickly invert it. The two of us watched the snow fall gently around the penguin. The penguin was alone in there, I thought, and I worried for him. When I told my father this, he said, "Don't worry, Susie; he has a nice life. He's trapped in a perfect world. ↗

— Alice Sebold

#life

The moral backbone of literature is about that whole question of memory. To my mind it seems clear that those who have no memory have the much greater chance to lead happy lives. ↗

— W. G. Sebald

#backbone #chance #clear #greater #happy

Live, die, something else lives. The very soil humanity walks upon is built up from death. Digging into a flowerbed means digging into bones. ↗

— M. Jones

#death #frankie-and-formaldehyde #gallows-humor #life #death

I was lucky to have been born with cheekbones. ↗

— Suzy Parker

#born #cheekbones #i #lucky

Sheer luck. I was lucky to have been born with cheekbones. ↗

— Suzy Parker

#born #cheekbones #i #luck #lucky

I think what should be celebrated about our campaign is we have over 3 million people who have contributed to our campaign - teachers, firefighters, nurses, retirees. They're making up the backbone of this field organization in the country. ↗

— David Plouffe

#backbone #campaign #celebrated #contributed #country

I have no history but the length of my bones. ↗

— Robin Skelton

#history #i #length

A fellow who has a funny bone can learn to hone his skills, but I don't think you can develop a funny bone - you either have it or you don't. And by the way - when you get it, we don't know it. ↗

— Carl Reiner

#develop #either #fellow #funny #get

Next to her, I felt like Carrot Top in drag. Cat re: Annette ↗

— Jeaniene Frost

#cat #humor #humor

By increasing the use of renewable fuels such as ethanol and bio-diesel, and providing the Department of Energy with a budget to create more energy efficiency options, agriculture can be the backbone of our energy supply as well. ↗

— John Salazar

#backbone #budget #create #department #efficiency