#interests

The movies make the brooding guy the hero – the guy with problems the guy who carries a gun, the gun with unresolved anger, the guy with a chip on his shoulder, the guy who’s a vampire – and they tell you that you can have the mythical happy ending with that same brooding guy. But in reality, the brooding guy is cranky. He doesn’t reply to emails. He doesn’t call. He’s only half there when you’re talking to him, and he doesn’t chase you when you run. You feel insecure all the time. You get needy and sad and you hate yourself got being needy. If you don’t know why he’s brooding, you’re shut out. And if you do know why he’s brooding, you’re still shut out. (Because he’s busy brooding.) ↗

— E. Lockhart

#boyfriends #brooding-boys #dating #love-interests #relationships

I want your loves to be multiple. I don't want you to be a snob about anything. Anything you love, you do it. ↗

— Ray Bradbury

#life #love #snobbishness #writing #life

I love so many books and authors that it's hard to name just a few, but I'm always particularly excited when new books by Alice Hoffman, John Crowley, Joanne Harris, Elizabeth Knox, and Patricia McKillip come out. (And, of course, books by Ellen [Kushner], and Holly [Black], and the rest of the Bordertown crew!) I'm impatiently looking forward to Susanna Clarke's next book too. Aside from writing and reading, my favorite things to do are paint, walk in the countryside with my dog, and listen to music -- especially when it's live and it's played by friends. Fortunately there's a lot of live music where I live. ↗

— Terri Windling

#favorites #interests #reading #love

Everybody pursues their national interests. The only one who gets blamed for it is the United States. ↗

— John Bolton

#everybody #gets #interests #national #national interests

My future plans are hazy, and I've yet to experience how much cartooning is in my blood and therefore how much I'll miss it. But I have some other interests, especially in music, and I will probably take the opportunity to delve into those things more deeply. ↗

— Gary Larson

#cartooning #deeply #delve #especially #experience

It's wrong to put the drug lobby's interests ahead of older Americans. ↗

— John B. Larson

#interests #lobby #older #put #wrong

I never ask a man what his business is, for it never interests me. What I ask him about are his thoughts and dreams. ↗

— H. P. Lovecraft

#ask #business #dreams #him #his

I love grocery shopping when I'm home. That's what makes me feel totally normal. I love both the idea of home as in being with my family and friends, and also the idea of exploration. I think those two are probably my great interests. ↗

— Yo-Yo Ma

#also #being #both #exploration #family

Individual rights always go along with the interests of the society. I want to add that in Vietnam we have no political prisoners. No one is arrested or jailed for his or her speech or point of view. They are put in jail because they violated the law. ↗

— Nong Duc Manh

#along #always #arrested #because #go

I think it's the great thing about having kids. They have interests that you might not have, and it opens your horizons. ↗

— Robert Martin

#great #great thing #having #horizons #i