#lip

To my mind, the best SF addresses itself to problems of the here and now, or even to problems which have never been solved and never will be solved - I'm thinking of Philip K. Dick's work here, dealing with questions of reality, for example. ↗

— John Sladek

#best #dealing #even #example #for example

The Eva Longoria who worked at Wendy's flipping burgers - she needed a tax break. But the Eva Longoria who works on movie sets does not. ↗

— Eva Longoria

#does #eva #flipping #movie #needed

The idea of a flip book still really appeals to me. That idea of fiction and non-fiction. ↗

— Yann Martel

#book #fiction #flip #idea #me

Prince Charles is an absolute Mountbatten. The real intelligence in the royal family comes through my parents to Prince Philip and the children. ↗

— Lord Mountbatten

#charles #children #comes #family #intelligence

I lost my faith in God when I lost my daughter to Cancer, the beast. I begged, I cried, I offered my life for hers, and day by day, I watched that beautiful little Angel slip off. So, excuse me for not taking my seat next to you on Sunday in Church, I feel too cheated to worship. ↗

— Vince Neil

#beast #beautiful #begged #cancer #cheated

What social psychology has given to an understanding of human nature is the disceovery that forces larger than ourselves determine our mental life and our actions - chief among these forces [is] the power of the social situation ↗

— Mahrzarin Banaji

#social-psychology #life

You can’t bring an unwritten place to life without losing something substantial. Manila is the cradle, the graveyard, the memory. The Mecca, the Cathedral, the bordello. The shopping mall, the urinal, the discotheque. I’m hardly speaking in metaphor. It’s the most impermeable of cities. How does one convey all that? ↗

— Miguel Syjuco

#philippines #life

I clung to each word that fell from his lips like a spider to a web. ↗

— Dannika Dark

#lips #romance #spider #sterling #twist

She is mine.' Edward’s low voice was suddenly dark, not as composed as before. 'I didn’t say I would fight fair. ↗

— Stephenie Meyer

#unconditional-love #love

So there I was, with the two hottest girls on campus, having lunch. I was "the man", the envy of every other guy in our school. Buddy, I was miserable." -Bryce Loski ↗

— Wendelin Van Draanen

#flipped #humor #humor