“Girls like her, my grandfather once warned me, girls like her turn into women with eyes like bullet holes and mouths made of knives. They are always restless. They are always hungry. They are bad news. They will drink you down like a shot of whisky. Falling in love with them is like falling down a flight of stairs. What no one told me, with all those warnings, is that even after you’ve fallen, even after you know how painful it is, you’d still get in line to do it again.” KnowsLoveMadeStillsEyeTurnsFallGirlLinesKnow HowDrinkNewsMouthsShotsFalling In LovePainfulHungryHolesFlightFallenWarningKnivesGrandfatherBulletsRestlessFalling DownMy GrandfatherStairsBad NewsLike HerWhisky Book:Black Heart Source: Black Heart
“Naturally Shirley had known, as they slid stock words and phrases back and forth between them like beads on an abacus, that Howard must be as brimful of ecstasy as she was; but to express these feelings out loud, when the news of death was still fresh in the air, would have been tantamount to dancing naked and shrieking obscenities, and Howard and Shirley were clothed, always, in an invisible layer of decorum that they never laid aside.” Has BeensStillsFeelingsKnownAirNewsDancingInvisibleNakedLoudPhrasesEcstasyLayersBack And ForthBeadsObscenityDecorumAbacus Author:J. K. Rowling
“When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, "Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping." To this day, especially in times of "disaster," I remember my mother's words and I am always comforted by realizing that there are still so many helpers – so many caring people in this world.” PeopleWorldLooksStillsHelpingRememberMotherFearRealizingBoysThis WorldTelevisionNewsScaryCaringHelping OthersDisasterThis DayGood PeopleCaring For OthersHelpersScary Things Book:Wisdom from the World According to Mister Rogers: Important Things to Remember Source: Wisdom from the World According to Mister Rogers: Important Things to Remember
“I am a big Ellen fan. I have been one for quite a long time now. I used to do the local news talk shows with her in San Francisco, when we were both still kids.” LongHas BeensStillsShowsBigsKidsUsedFansNewsLong TimeLocalsSan FranciscoTalk ShowsLocal News Author:Margaret Cho