#pen

The other thing that happened in 1883 was my reading of Thoreau's Walden. ↗

— Edward Carpenter

#other #reading #thing

I can write, He floated up to the ceiling, and a baby rabbit came out of his pocket, grew wings, and flew away. And you will believe that it really happened. That's magic, isn't it? ↗

— Humphrey Carpenter

#baby #believe #came #ceiling #flew

I have a grim outlook on the world, and in particular on humanity. Spent years denying it, but I am very misanthropic. And I live alone on a mountain for a reason. ↗

— Caleb Carr

#am #denying #grim #humanity #i

Anyone who doesn't think the welfare-industrial complex is trying to increase dependency isn't paying attention. ↗

— Howie Carr

#attention #complex #dependency #increase #paying

There's no dancing girls. We're kinda like secondary to the thing. It's a story about these two guys that are in love with this one girl and how it unfolds and what happens. ↗

— Eric Carr

#dancing #girl #guys #happens #how

I beg you do not vote for stills and open bar-rooms in the county. ↗

— Thomas Jordan Jarvis

#county #i #open #stills #vote

Love is whatever you can still betray. Betrayal can only happen if you love. ↗

— John le Carre

#betrayal #happen #love #love is #only

Totalitarian states killed with impunity and no one was held accountable. That didn't happen in the West. ↗

— John le Carre

#happen #held #impunity #killed #states

Today a celebrity sex video isn't a stigma that requires penance and smarm removal; it's a branding device, a platform enhancer, a show reel. ↗

— James Wolcott

#device #penance #platform #removal #requires

When the first big paycheque with 'Dumb And Dumber' hit, I went: 'Gosh, I wonder if this will affect my performance. Will I do a take and think, was that worth $7 million?' But that never happened. If anything, it made me rebel against that thing when people who get rich start playing it safe. ↗

— Jim Carrey

#against #anything #big #dumb #dumber