#lit

The reality is that international institutions like the UN can only be as effective as its members allow it to be. ↗

— Atal Bihari Vajpayee

#effective #institutions #international #international institutions #like

I had no television when I was little, just a stack of old, beat-up comics from the 1950s and 1960s. ↗

— Daniel Clowes

#had #i #just #little #old

I tend to be the type who is overly polite and sort of ingratiating to other people. ↗

— Daniel Clowes

#other #overly #people #polite #sort

I think I've had the fantasy of a ray-gun that could erase the world from the time I was a very little kid. ↗

— Daniel Clowes

#erase #fantasy #had #i #i think

I was a very fearful little kid, and I would always see the worst in everything. The glass was half-empty. I would see people kissing, and I would think one was trying to bite the other. ↗

— Daniel Clowes

#bite #everything #fearful #glass #i

I'm more interested in characters who are a little difficult. ↗

— Daniel Clowes

#difficult #i #interested #little #more

I was afraid. Of getting hurt in other ways. To be truthful, I still am." His thumb stroked her cheek. "I would never hurt you." "I don't think you can promise me that." She squeezed his bruised fingers. "But it makes things a bit more equal, to know that I can hurt you, too." His gaze fell to her lips. He said simply, without any trace of irony, "You are killing me. ↗

— Tessa Dare

#romance #equality

A lot of those little things that I really like doing are just moments of cool articulation, just little moments of phrasing that probably go over everybody's head. ↗

— Steve Vai

#cool #doing #everybody #go #head

No characters in 'Stay Close,' including the leads, are black and white. I want them to be grey. I think that makes for a much more interesting reading experience, something that will stay with you a little bit longer. ↗

— Harlan Coben

#black #black and white #characters #close #experience

Back then, I, most rockers loved Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis... you know in the '60s. ↗

— Joe Cocker

#berry #chuck #chuck berry #i #jerry