#ore

I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman, 'Where's the self-help section?' She said if she told me, it would defeat the purpose. ↗

— George Carlin

#bookstores #self-help #purpose

Ari felt like, Hellooo, I have wings! I turn into a wolf! Blending is out is out of the question! ↗

— James Patterson

#schools-out-forever #questions

She refused to be bored chiefly because she wasn't boring. ↗

— Zelda Fitzgerald

#write

Roschach's Journal: October 12th, 1985 Dog carcass in alley this morning, tire tread on burst stomach. This city is afraid of me. I have seen its true face. The streets are extended gutters and the gutters are full of blood and when the drains finally scab over, all the vermin will drown. The accumulated filth of all their sex and murder will foam up about their waists and all the whores and politicians will look up and shout "Save us!"... and I'll look down and whisper "No. ↗

— Alan Moore

#graphic-novels #the-watchmen #dog

What I say is, a town isn't a town without a bookstore. It may call itself a town, but unless it's got a bookstore it knows it's not fooling a soul. ↗

— Neil Gaiman

#bookstore #towns #books

How do you know when you're God?" "When I pray to him I find I am talking to myself. ↗

— Peter Barnes

#atheist #god #noremorse #comedy

That's interesting," Bitterblue said. "You think a conscience requires fear? ↗

— Kristin Cashore

#conscience #fear #kristin-cashore #conscience

Where was the catch? 'Cause I knew one was coming. ↗

— James Patterson

#schools-out-forever #school

I'm a freaking princess when it comes to other people's feelings. Yo dogbreath, get your paws of the everglades. -Max ↗

— James Patterson

#school-s-out-forever #school

We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts, foreign ideas, alien philosophies, and competitive values. For a nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people. ↗

— John F. Kennedy

#alien #american #american people #competitive #entrust