“I ask myself what is the sound of women? What is the word for that still thing I have hunted inside them for so long? Deep inside the avalanche of joy, the thing deeper in the dark, and deeper still in the bed where we are lost. Deeper, deeper down where a woman's heart is holding its breath, where something very far away in that body is becoming something we don't have a name for.” HeartLongStillsBodyJoyAsksNamesLostSoundWomenDarkBecomingBedBreathsDeeperFar AwayDeep InsideHuntedAvalanchesBecoming SomethingLong Deep Book:Refusing Heaven Source: Refusing Heaven
“I sat staring up at a shelf in my workroom from which thirty-one books identically dressed in neat dark green leather stared back at me with a sort of cold hostility like children who resent their parents. Don't stare at us like that! they said. Don't blame us if we didn't turn out to be the perfection you expected. We didn't ask to be brought into the world.” IfsWorldChildrenSaidBookTurnsAsksParentDarkColdPerfectionBlameGreenExpectedStaringThirtySatThey SaidShelvesHostilityLeatherNeatResent Book:A Kind of Magic Source: A Kind of Magic
“I love photo shoots where I can be like a pinup, not myself. Where I can be feminine, glamorous, dark not like in real life. I hate it when you go in and they want you to be 'natural,' to be yourself. I just hate it. I love having fun. When they ask you to smile, I hate it. Of course I smile in my real life, but to do it on cue, that's not spontaneous. I'd rather do something that's like a little movie, like a little story, rather than just me, I feel naked.” WantFeelsLittlesI CanRealStoriesHateCoursesAsksFunNaturalDarkI HateReal LifeNakedHaving FunBeing YourselfFeminineSpontaneousGlamorousI SmilePhoto ShootsPinup Author:Eva Green
“That's what being shy feels like. Like my skin is too thin, the light too bright. Like the best place I could possibly be is in a tunnel far under the cool, dark earth. Someone asks me a question and I stare at them, empty-faced, my brain jammed up with how hard I'm trying to find something interesting to say. And in the end, all I can do is nod or shrug, because the light of their eyes looking at me, waiting for me, is just too much to take. And then it's over and there's one more person in the world who thinks I'm a complete and total waste of space.” ThinkingWorldFeelsTryingPersonsI CanEndsHardLightEyeEarthAsksWaitingCan DoDarkSpaceInterestingBrainToo MuchWasteEmptySkinsAsk MeStaringShyTunnelsBest PlaceSomething InterestingEyes LookingBeing ShyWaste Of Space Author:Carol Rifka Brunt
“Im not a fan of grilling meat, since that tends to dry it out, and I find grill marks leave a bitter taste. A good steak house will offer different options for preparation, and I would ask them to broil or pan-roast the steak and finish it with butter. It ends up a dark chocolate color and stays very juicy.” DifferentEndsAsksHouseDarkFansColorTasteOffersMarkBitterPreparationMeatDryChocolateSteakJuicyDark ChocolateGrillingBitter TasteSteak House Author:Tom Colicchio
“A guy walks into a bar, orders a drink, sees a girl that catches his eye. Asks her if she wants another, they fall for each other and end up lovers. They laugh, cry, hold on tight and make it work for a little while, then one night her taillights fade out into the dark. And a guy walks into a bar” IfsWantLittlesEndsEyeNightGuyOrderFallGirlAsksDarkWalksLaughingCryLoversDrinkBarsHis EyesFadesOne Night Author:Tyler Farr
“Classical music is far from boring - it has all the blood, energy, the sinister dark side, rhythm that rock music has, and all the refined, subtle sensuality that one can ask for” AsksEnergySidesDarkMusicBloodRocksMusic IsBoringRhythmSensualityClassicBoredomSubtleClassical MusicDark SideRefinedRock MusicSinister Author:Yuja Wang
“I'm very proud of the work I do, but I genuinely can't involve myself with an audience as early as somebody who's not part of the film can. So there's that side of theater that appeals to me, where you give something and the response to what you've created is a communion between you and the dark that contains however many people. It's thrilling not having a reflection other than through the people you're communicating with. But people ask, "What do you prefer?" and I don't have a preference. I love them both. I really do.” PeopleGivingFilmAsksSidesDarkAudienceProudReflectionTheaterResponseCommunicateAppealsCommunionPreferenceThrilling Author:Benedict Cumberbatch