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And just so you know for the future, I like my double-chocolate chip cookies warm and soft in the middle...and without magnets glued to them." "Me, too. When you decide to bake me some, let me know. ↗

— Simone Elkeles

#alex #brittany #carlos #carlos-fuentes #fuentes

I’m trying to translate what my cat says and put it in a book, but how many homonyms are there for meow?
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— Jarod Kintz

#books #cats #homonyms #meow #translate

She says that what you did was a cry for help." "It was," I say. "That's why I was yelling 'Heeeelp!' I don't really go in for subtlety. ↗

— Holly Black

#holly-black #white-cat #cat

We're all prostitutes if you think about it. The whole capitalist system is built on meretriciousness. You sell your body or you sell your mind, and the Cartesian mind/body thing is a fallacy anyway, your mind is just your brain, so it amounts to the same thing really. ↗

— M. Thomas Gammarino

#mind-body-problem #prostitution #japan

Even bigger than Japan is the inside of your head. ↗

— Sōseki Natsume

#sanshiro #soseki #japan

To be an artist was to have failure as your constant bedfellow. ↗

— M. Thomas Gammarino

#creativity #failure #japan

Il y a toujours moyen d'obéir. C'est ce que les cerveaux occidentaux devraient comprendre. ↗

— Amélie Nothomb

#japan

Japan is the first nation in the world to accord 'comic books'--originally a 'humorous' form of entertainment mainly for young people--nearly the same social status as novels and films. ↗

— Frederik L. Schodt

#comics #culture #entertainment #japan #manga

Now,young lady,I suppose you're here for a work assignment." Work?" Tally said. They both looked down at her puzzled expression, and Shay burst into laughter. ↗

— Scott Westerfeld

#assignment #avatar #book #burst #expression

Do remember, though, that sometimes the people you oppress become mightier than you would like. ↗

— Veronica Roth

#oppression