#contemporary

Quite a lot of our contemporary culture is actually shot through with a resentment of limits and the passage of time, anger at what we can't do, fear or even disgust at growing old. ↗

— Rowan Williams

#anger #contemporary #culture #disgust #even

It's the contemporary woman that movies don't know what to do with, other than bathe her in a bridal glow in romantic comedies where both the romance and the comedy are artificial sweeteners. ↗

— James Wolcott

#bathe #both #bridal #comedies #comedy

In this tour around the world I was not interested in contemporary buildings because I had seen contemporary buildings actually until they came out of my ears in a sense. ↗

— Minoru Yamasaki

#around #because #buildings #came #contemporary

I don't know what issues concerning identity have helped contemporary fiction evolve to what it is now. All I know is that the range of voices that are being heard and published is a lot more diverse than when I was coming up. ↗

— Jessica Hagedorn

#coming #concerning #contemporary #diverse #evolve

No one has ever made me feel like this, no one. So much regret, so much loss, and so much desire all swirled together in my muddled brain. In my muddled heart. ↗

— Melissa Brown

#romance #contemporary-romance

Kissing Kate is like nothing I’ve ever experienced. And as much as I want to think I’m the good guy, as much as I’ve proclaimed that sleeping with an attached girl isn’t my style, I’m not walking away. I can’t. I have her now. She’s mine. And I’m not going anywhere. ↗

— Melissa Brown

#romance #contemporary-romance

To her surprise, Lucky tilted his head and looked her in the eye, appearing oddly…crestfallen, she thought. “Don’t be nervous,” he said. “I hate making you nervous. ↗

— Toni Blake

#romance #contemporary-romance

My place in Chicago is a 105 year old house, but I really like contemporary spaces too, so it's refreshing and fun to be in a space where you can do contemporary things. ↗

— Ted Allen

#contemporary #fun #house #i #like

I've always loved the blues, ever since I was a kid. It has a depth to it that a lot of contemporary music doesn't have. It has pain and suffering in it, but funny stories, too. And it is built on storytelling, which is something I really love. ↗

— Nickolas Ashford

#blues #built #contemporary #contemporary music #depth

Certain issues have been associated with contemporary feminism and in a certain sense circumscribed for that reason. ↗

— Carol Gilligan

#been #certain #contemporary #feminism #issues