“Being asked to describe what 'post-racial' means is a bit like being asked to describe a leprechaun, cold fusion or unicorns: we know what is meant, but, if we are willing to be honest, we also know that none of the four describe something real, something tangible, something true.” IfsKnowsMeanRealBitsFourHonestWillingColdPostsBeing HonestTangibleUnicornFusionSomething RealLeprechaun Author:Tim Wise
“Every year it seems to me I hear complaints about spring. It is either "late" or "unusually cold," "abnormally dry" or "fantastically wet," for no one is ever willing to admit that there is no such thing as a normal spring.” YearsSeemsWillingColdNormalLateSpringDryWetComplaints Book:The Gardening Year Source: The Gardening Year
“Well, dinner would have been splendid... if the wine had been as cold as the soup, the beef as rare as the service, the brandy as old as the fish, and the maid as willing as the Duchess.” IfsWellsHas BeensWillingColdWineFishesDinnerSoupSplendidMaidsBeefBrandyDuchess Author:Winston Churchill
“That's how the Germans are.... The aristocrats at the top hard as glass, cold as ice, servants of the King, the working masses willing, pliable, sentimental, susceptible to brutality, the middle class educated and cowardly to the point of servility.” HardClassMiddleWillingColdKingsMassGlassesEducatedIceServantMiddle ClassSentimentalBrutalityCowardlySusceptibleServility Author:Alfred Doblin
“Pain is subtle. He has cold grey fingers. His voice is horse from crying & screaming... When people try to avoid him, he follows them silently & turns upas the bartender, or the bus driver... Pain has an elaborate filing system for keeping track of everyone... Pain respects people who are willing to take risks. If you... face him directly, he will give you a special ointment so your wounds don't fester.” PeopleIfsGivingTryingPainFacesTurnsVoiceRiskSpecialCryWillingColdHorseFingersTrackWoundsSubtleDriversBusGreyBartenderFilingRespect PeopleBus Driver Author:J. Ruth Gendler
“A broken heart, too much cold beer, ocean waves and a willing man were never a good combination, no matter what the country songs said.” MenHeartSaidCountryMatterSongToo MuchWillingBrokenColdOceanSummerNo Matter WhatWaveCombinationBeerBroken HeartOcean WaveCold Beer Book:Driftwood Summer Source: Driftwood Summer