“The main event sees a CNN moderator lob questions at nine Republican hopefuls, all of whom take turns doing the sort of thing Republicans have been doing for most of the twenty-first century, painting the United States as simultaneously the greatest country on Earth and a nightmare place. An enormously powerful, God-chosen nation in which families are too scared to leave their homes at night.”
Source: One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This
“If you wait until you are ready, you will keep waiting forever.”
“[M]eaning is part of an object to the extent that it acts upon intelligence in a predictable way.”
Source: Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
“But didn't everyone have a shell? Hard, external armor protecting the soft, vulnerable creature beneath?
Perhaps, she thought, people were more like ammonites than one would suppose. Perhaps they too built shells on a consistent, unchanging factor- some quality or circumstance established in your youth. Each chamber in the shell just an enlargement of the previous. Growing year after year, until they spiraled around and locked themselves in place.”
Source: A Week to Be Wicked
“Science, the agent that once promised to eradicate the supernatural, had, through the nuclear threat, resurrected it. Magic was not exactly alive, but it was surely undead.”
Source: The Horror! The Horror!: Comic Books the Government Didn't Want You to Read!
“Everywhere, we see women and girls looking in mirrors, nervously checking who they are.”
Source: Girl Culture
“If there are no barriers to cross or demons to slay to reach the desired destination, we will not call it a success.”
“You get a job when you have the right qualifications and work experience. Similarly, individuals should be allowed to be parents (considering that parenting is a full time job for at least 16 years) only when they completely understand how life/mind works and have implemented it in their lives.”
Source: How to Build Self-Esteem and Be Confident: Overcome Fears, Break Habits, Be Successful and Happy
“You will never be good enough for the wrong person.”
Source: God Where Is My Boaz
“Bae, before I know your body I want to know your bookshelf !”