“Swingers are all from the suburbs and consequently brain-addled by car pools, shopping malls, and welcome wagons.” CitiesBrainCarWelcomeShoppingPoolSuburbsMallsWagons Book:Sex Tips For Girls: Lust, Love, and Romance from the Lives of Single Women Source: Sex Tips For Girls: Lust, Love, and Romance from the Lives of Single Women
“[On peanut M&Ms:] It is the eggness of them. A shell, chocolate placenta, proteiny peanut baby. Life shape, birth shape, cell shape, protoplasmic-ooze shape. A shape that calls straight through civilization to our reptilian brains.” BrainFoodBabyBirthCivilizationShapesCellsChocolateShellsPeanutsPlacenta Author:Cynthia Heimel
“You know what we can be like: see a guy and think he's cute one minute, the next minute our brains have us married with kids, the following minute we see him having an extramarital affair. By the time someone says, 'I'd like you to meet Cecil,' we shout, 'You're late again with the child support!'” ThinkingKnowsChildrenKidsGuyNextBrainSupportMinutesLike YouLateMarriedAffairFollowingCuteOne Minute Author:Cynthia Heimel
“Reading is an escape, an education, a delving into the brain of another human being on such an intimate level that every nuance of thought, every snapping of synapse, every slippery desire of the author is laid open before you like, well, a book.” HumansWellsBookDesireReadingHuman BeingsLevelsBrainIntimateNuanceSlipperySnappingDelving Author:Cynthia Heimel
“The media know exactly what they're doing, focusing our attention on Arsenio's hairdo. We need to keep our brains brimming with rubbish. If we didn't, we might think about things.” IfsThinkingKnowsNeedsMightFunnyAttentionBrainMediaJournalismRubbishHairdos Book:If You Can't Live Without Me, Why Aren't You Dead Yet?! Source: If You Can't Live Without Me, Why Aren't You Dead Yet?!