#paraphrase

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a fairy in possesion of a good appetite must be in want of pie. ↗

— Lisa Mantchev

#paraphrased #dreams

All these people talk so eloquently about getting back to good old-fashioned values. Well, as an old poop I can remember back to when we had those old-fashioned values, and I say let's get back to the good old-fashioned First Amendment of the good old-fashioned Constitution of the United States -- and to hell with the censors! Give me knowledge or give me death! ↗

— Kurt Vonnegut

#education #free-speech #paraphrased #death

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single girl of high standing at Longbourn Academy must be in want of a prom date. ↗

— Elizabeth Eulberg

#humor #paraphrased #parody #dating

It is a truth universally acknowledged that when one part of your life starts going okay, another falls spectacularly to pieces. ↗

— Helen Fielding

#life

Ambition is the last refuge of the failure ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#failure

Blessed are the cracked, for they shall let in the light. ↗

— Groucho Marx

#paraphrased #light

The best we can do, to paraphrase Pollan, is to eat whole foods, mostly plants, and not too much. ↗

— A. J. Jacobs

#eat #foods #mostly #much #paraphrase

How do you know if a demon is lying? His lips are moving. ↗

— Richelle Mead

#insult #paraphrased #insult

We didn't land on plymouth rock, Plymouth rock landed on us". ↗

— Malcolm X

#cole-porter #paraphrased #song-lyrics #song-lyrics

Those unable to catalog the past are doomed to repeat it. ↗

— Lemony Snicket

#doomed-to-repeat-it #history #humor #paraphrased #humor