#hum

Being in love, as both Plato and David Bowie have pointed out, is horrible. ↗

— Stefano Benni

#humor #love #plato #humor

I was rubbing the pieces of bacon like they were strands of a lover’s hair. Of course they weren’t, because all my exes had hair like scrambled eggs. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#bacon #funny #humor #love #surreal

Laughter rises out of tragedy when you need it the most, and rewards you for your courage. ↗

— Erma Bombeck

#courage

Internationalism on the other hand admits that spiritual achievements have their roots deep in national life; from this national consciousness art and literature derive their character and strength and on it even many of the humanistic sciences are firmly based. ↗

— Christian Lous Lange

#art #based #character #consciousness #deep

History proves abundantly that pure science, undertaken without regard to applications to human needs, is usually ultimately of direct benefit to mankind. ↗

— Irving Langmuir

#benefit #direct #history #human #human needs

Fate doesnt exist, if you find someone you love that loves you back, its called luck. ↗

— Natalie Stenger

#humor

There were a lot of terms you had to learn, as opposed to the shylock business where all you had to know how to say was "Give me the fuckin money". ↗

— Elmore Leonard

#humor #idiom #mafia #mob #movie-business

The hero, the mythical subject, is constructed as human being and as male; he is the active principle of culture, the establisher of distinction, the creator of differences. ↗

— Teresa de Lauretis

#being #constructed #creator #culture #differences

Silas consumed only one food, and it was not bananas. ↗

— Neil Gaiman

#blood #book #fantasy #food #funny

You stole a boat,” she snapped. “What am I doing with you, you boat-stealing lunatic? ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#humour #lost