“I hiked around town, the air sweet and dry, and was sort of overwhelmed by the perfection of it -- the old courthouse, the train depot, Mount [Jumbo] and Mount Sentinel rising up, the neon bars, the funky festivity of a college town .” AirCollegeSweetPerfectionTownsTrainBarsRisingDryOverwhelmedMontanaNeonFunkyRising UpFestivitiesSentinelsCourthouses Author:Garrison Keillor
“Whenever I go to bars in London, people send me over Cosmopolitans. It's a very sweet gesture, but I don't like them, so they just sit there.” PeopleSweetLondonBarsGesturesVery Sweet Author:Kim Cattrall
“On the good ship Lollipop Its a sweet trip To the candy shop Where bon-bon's play, On the sunny beach Of peppermint bay Lemonade stands, Everywhere Crackerjack bands, Fill the air, And there you are, Happy landings on a chocolate bar. See the sugar bowl Do a tootsie roll In a big bad devils food cake, If you eat too much, Oh, oh, You'll awake, With a tummy ache.” IfsPlayBigsToo MuchAirSweetBandDevilBarsShipsBeachAwakeShopsChocolateCakeSugarBowlsCandyAcheSunnyLandingLemonadeLollipopChocolate BarsPeppermint Author:Shirley Temple
“I usually go to Lush for hair products. I had no idea that this existed, but they have a shampoo rock, and it looks like a bar of soap, and I was tripping out when they told me it was a shampoo, so that's pretty sweet.” LooksIdeasRocksSweetProductsHairBarsNo IdeaSoapLushShampooTrippingHair Products Author:Christian Serratos
“The old rule about how a thing of beauty is a joy forever, in my experience, even the most beauteous thing is only a joy for about three hours, tops. After that, she'll want to tell you all about her childhood traumas. Part of meeting these jail girls is it's so sweet to look at your watch and know she'll be behind bars in half an hour.” KnowsWantLooksJoyGirlThreeHoursBehindsHalfWatchesForeverChildhoodSweetMeetingsTraumaBarsJailChildhood Trauma Book:Choke: A Novel Source: Choke: A Novel
“I will meet you in the dirtiest city you can dream of. We will drink cocktails so sweet they pucker our cheeks, as we perch on cracked leather bar stools. I will buy you plates of calcium and protein and we will run through the streets in excellent danger.” DreamRunningCitiesStreetsDangerSweetDrinkBarsExcellentCheeksPlatesLeatherCrackedCocktailsProteinStoolsCalcium Author:Michelle Tea
“Arraigned at my own bar, Memory having given her evidence of the hopes, wishes, sentiments I had been cherishing since last night-- of the general state of mind which I have indulged for nearly a fortnight past; Reason having come forward and told in her own quiet way , a plain, unvarnished tale, showing how I had rejected the real, and rabidly devoured the ideal;-- I pronounced judgment to this effect:-- That a greater fool than Jane Eyre had never breathed the breath of life: that a more fantastic idiot had never surfeited herself on sweet lies, and swallowed the poison as if it were nectar.” IfsWayMindRealStatesReasonLastsPastLyingNightGivenWishMemoriesMy OwnGreaterEffectsSweetFoolQuietJudgmentEvidenceIdealsBreathsBarsTalesFantasticIdiotPoisonCherishSentimentsState Of MindRejectedLast NightJaneNectarFortnight Book:The Complete Works Of Charlotte Bronte: Jane Eyre, Shirley, Villette, and The Professor Source: The Complete Works Of Charlotte Bronte: Jane Eyre, Shirley, Villette, and The Professor
“You know, people always warn children about taking candy from strange adults. But they never warn us adults about taking candy from strange children. All those sweet-looking kids who sell boxes of candy bars on the street to help pay for schooling - how do we know what's in those bars? And don't even get me stated on that nefarious institution designed to lure unsuspecting customers into buying mysterious frosted goodies: the bake sale. Adults, be warned: if a child wanted to poison you it would be a piece of cake! Literally a piece of cake.” PeopleIfsKnowsChildrenHelpingWould BeKidsWantedPayPiecesStreetsStrangeSweetAdultsInstitutionsSellsBoxesCustomersBarsMysteriousPoisonBuyingCakeCandySchoolingLureUnsuspectingCandy BarBake Sale Author:Pseudonymous Bosch