“Most men in a brazen prison live, Where, in the sun's hot eye, With heads bent o'er their toil, they languidly Their lives to some unmeaning taskwork give, Dreaming of nought beyond their prison-wall.” MenGivingDreamEyeWorkSunWallHotPrisonBentToilBrazenPrison Walls Book:Dover Beach and Other Poems Source: Dover Beach and Other Poems
“Giving a reader a sex scene that is only half right is like giving her half a kitten. It is not half as cute as a whole kitten; it is a bloody, godawful mess. A half-good sex scene is not half as hot; it actually moves into the negative numbers, draining any heat from the surrounding material.” GivingWholeMovingSexNumbersHalfMaterialsReaderSceneNegativeHotMessCuteHeatBloodyKittenDrainingGood Sex Author:Sandra Newman
“Many traffic signs have become like placebos, giving false comfort to the afflicted, or simple boilerplate to ward off lawsuits, the roadway version of the Kellogg’s Pop-Tarts box that says, “Warning: Pastry Filling May Be Hot When Heated.” GivingMaySimpleComfortHotBoxesPopsVersionsWarningTrafficFillingLawsuitPastriesTartsPlacebo Book:Traffic Source: Traffic