#ear

The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been found. ↗

— Calvin Trillin

#about #been #family #found #leftovers

Never be afraid to be sexy! ↗

— Alysha Speer

#fear #sex-appeal #sexuality #sexy #sexy-humor

No taste of food, no feel of water, no sound of wind, no memory of tree or grass or flower, no image of moon or star are left to me. I am naked in the dark, Sam, and there is no veil between me and the wheel of fire. I begin to see it even with my waking eyes, and all else fades. ↗

— J.R.R. Tolkien

#lord-of-the-rings #middle-earth #tolkien #food

You cannot be with someone just because you don’t want to hurt him. You have your own happiness to think about. ↗

— Melissa de la Cruz

#happy #heartbreak #hurt #love #self

Yesterday I memorized Shakespeare, and tomorrow I'm also going to memorize his first name. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#memorized #shakespeare #funny

The longing for sweets is really a yearning for love or "sweetness. ↗

— Marion Woodman

#food #longing #love #sweetness #sweets

My new favorite quote is, "Feed kids Cokes and french fries and you get an obesity crisis. Feed them mental junk food and you get non-readers and poor thinkers. ↗

— Joy Hakim

#food

I have learned the difference between a cactus and a caucus. On a cactus, the pricks are on the outside. ↗

— Mo Udall

#caucus #difference #i #i have learned #learned

I learned that you should feel when writing, not like Lord Byron on a mountain top, but like child stringing beads in kindergarten, - happy, absorbed and quietly putting one bead on after another. ↗

— Brenda Ueland

#another #beads #byron #child #feel

In extreme situations, the entire universe becomes our foe; at such critical times, unity of mind and technique is essential - do not let your heart waver! ↗

— Morihei Ueshiba

#critical #entire #entire universe #essential #extreme