“The way to go to the circus, however, is with someone who has seen perhaps one theatrical performance before in his life and that in the High School hall... The scales of sophistication are struck from your eyes and you see in the circus a gathering of men and women who are able to do things as a matter of course which you couldn't do if your life depended on it.” IfsMenWayMatterEyeAbleSchoolCoursesHigh SchoolMen And WomenPerformancesScalesHallsGatheringCircusTheatricalSophistication Author:Robert Benchley
“Ive always had a booty even when I was a baby, and when I was in high school and was skinny, I still had the booty. In Hollywoods eyes, the perfect women has to be a stick figure, tall, blonde hair, with big boobs.” StillsBigsEyeSchoolPerfectFiguresHairBabyHigh SchoolHollywoodSticksTallSkinnyBlondeBootyBlonde HairPerfect Woman Author:Coco Austin
“I made my first website when I was ten. I flirted using instant messages all throughout high school. I like the Internet. I like cuddling. I like my cell phone. I like awkward eye contact with strangers. I like hearing people's voices. I like parties. I like Craigslist. These things don't seem technologically exclusive to me.” PeopleFirstsMadeSeemsEyeSchoolVoicePartyInternetTenMessagesHigh SchoolPhonesStrangerHearingContactCellsInstantAwkwardExclusiveWebsiteCell PhoneEye ContactCuddlingCraigslist Author:Chelsea Martin
“When you conceal inner reality, this pressure builds. You often don't expose yourself until it reaches extremity, a breaking point, and what emerges is a dramatic shift - at least in the eyes of others, from whom you've hidden the truth. So, dropping out of high school was like that for me. I was fine, I got straight As, I had friends, and then boom, I was like, I'm done.” DoneRealityEyeSchoolFineHigh SchoolPressureDramaticDroppingExtremityPoint BreakDropping Out Author:Melissa Febos
“I remember in junior high school, which is what we called it, suddenly I was looking at myself, almost through other people's eyes, and thought: how does the world see me? So that was one of the things I was really interested in, when I was writing Goodbye Stranger.” WorldWritingEyeSchoolRememberHigh SchoolStrangerGoodbye Author:Rebecca Stead
“I always was into singer-songwriters like Bright Eyes. When I was in high school I wanted to do a project that was like that. Weatherbox is the name of a song by Mission of Burma so I just had a theoretical acoustic project while I was in high school that didn't actually exist.” EyeSchoolSongHigh SchoolTheoreticalBright Eyes Author:Brian Warren
“My mom is Jamaican and Chinese, and my dad is Polish and African American, so I'm pretty mixed. My nickname in high school was United Nations. I was fine with it, even though I identify as a black woman. People don't realize it hurts my feelings when someone looks at my hair or my eyes, and says, "But you're not actually black. You're black, but you're not black black, because your eyes are green." I'm like, "What? No, no, I'm definitely black." Even some of my closest friends have said that. It's been a bit touchy for me.” PeopleFeelingsEyeSchoolBlackRealizingHurtMomDadHigh SchoolMy DadMy MomAfrican AmericanChineseIt HurtsBlack WomenUnited Nations Author:Ayesha Curry
“The successes of the LGBT civil rights movement and the more prominent role openly gay people are playing in the public eye has actually turned up the temperature in middle schools and high schools for queer kids.” PeopleEyeKidsSchoolRolesRightsMiddleMovementGayHigh SchoolCivil RightsLgbtTemperatureCivil Rights MovementGay PeopleProminentMiddle SchoolPublic Eye Author:Dan Savage
“I thought of a high school report I did on the Belgian artist Rene Magritte and a quote I once read from him, something about his favorite walk being the one he took around his own bedroom. He said that he never understood the need for people to travel because all the poetry and perspective you're ever going to get you already posses. Anais Nin had the same idea. We see the world as we are. So if it's the same brain we bring with us every time we open our eyes, what's the difference if we're looking at an island cove or a pocket watch?” PeopleIfsWorldNeedsSaidIdeasEyeSchoolArtistDifferencesWalksBrainWatchesPerspectiveUnderstoodHigh SchoolIslandsReportsPocketsBedroomPosseBelgiansMagrittePocket WatchesSchool Reports Author:Sloane Crosley
“YOU YOU YOU your eyes, thick as a high school scrapbook crackling and yellow, curling at the edges a book of myths in which i do not appear.” BookEyeSchoolHigh SchoolEdgesMythYellowThick Author:Clint Catalyst
“She and I just don't see eye to eye together. She's a square. She keeps telling me that I'm too interested in chess, that I should get friends outside of chess, you can't make a living from chess, that I should finish high school and all that nonsense. She keeps in my hair and I don't like people in my hair, you know, so I had to get rid of her.” PeopleKnowsShouldEyeSchoolTogetherHairHigh SchoolChessNonsenseSquares Author:Bobby Fischer
“Before I was even in high school, I had dark circles under my eyes. Rumor was that I was a junkie. I have dark circles under my eyes, deal with it.” EyeSchoolDarkDealsHigh SchoolCirclesRumorJunkie Author:Benicio Del Toro
“I remember once in high school the umpire called me out at third base when I was sure I was safe. I got so mad I took out my glass eye, handed it to him and said, 'Try this.' I got such a laugh you wouldn't believe.” TryingBelieveSaidEyeSchoolRememberLaughingSafeHigh SchoolThirdsMadGlassesUmpires Author:Peter Falk