#closet

Nothing optional—from homosexuality to adultery—is ever made punishable unless those who do the prohibiting (and exact the fierce punishments) have a repressed desire to participate. As Shakespeare put it in King Lear, the policeman who lashes the whore has a hot need to use her for the very offense for which he plies the lash. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#closeted #homosexuality #hypocrisy #prohibition #religion

The research phase was really fascinating - I'm not a closeted nerd, I'm an out-of-the-closet nerd. ↗

— Natalie Merchant

#fascinating #i #nerd #phase #really

I like my money right where I can see it... hanging in my closet. ↗

— Sarah Jessica Parker

#hanging #i #i can #like #money

Friends are readily disappointed by the size of my closet. And I thought it was big! ↗

— Sarah Jessica Parker

#closet #disappointed #friends #i #readily

Sometimes it feels like it hurts when you make a big purchase, so I really believe that the more expensive things should be gems that you keep in your closet, not trends. ↗

— Amber Valletta

#big #closet #expensive #feels #gems

When you're young and queer and closeted, you can end up in this place where you regard your straight peers as the enemy. ↗

— Dan Savage

#end #enemy #peers #place #queer

Every day each of us wakes up, reaches into drawers and closets, pulls out a costume for the day and proceeds to dress in a style that can only be called preposterous. ↗

— Mary Schmich

#closets #costume #day #drawers #dress

I love organization, so I split my clothes into two closets according to seasons. ↗

— Kiernan Shipka

#closets #clothes #i #i love #into

Every woman should have four pets in her life. A mink in her closet, a jaguar in her garage, a tiger in her bed, and a jackass who pays for everything. ↗

— Paris Hilton

#closet #every #everything #four #garage

At the end of the universe you’ll find a door labeled “Do Not Enter.” No great mysteries are hidden there—it’s just a supplies closet.
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— Jarod Kintz

#label #mystery #science #universe #science