“Lawrence Sheldon was in fact seated at its further end; but though a book lay on his knee, his attention was not engaged with it, but directed to a lady whose lace-clad figure, as she leaned back in an adjoining chair, detached itself with exaggerated slimness against the dusky leather of the upholstery.” - Edith Wharton, The House of Mirth
“BILLY: I’m the one who should be scared. You’re smashing.”
- Tom Stoppard, The Real Thing“I did ill to take my bow down from its peg on the day I led my band of Trojans to Ilius in Hector’s service, and if I ever get home again to set eyes on my native place, my wife, and the greatness of my house, may some one cut my head off then and there if I do not break the bow and set it on a hot fire-such pranks as it plays me.” -Homer, The Iliad
Marika walked closely beside Seb - as closely as she could without touching. -Kira Salak, The White Mary
He advocated their extermination. - Tod Wodicka, All Shall Be Well; and All Shall Be Well; and All Manner of Things Shall Be Well
“When people are in love all their problems are in strange proportions and it’s hard to know when you’re saying the wrong thing.” -The Philosophy of Andy Warhol.
Wow, that came out perfectly.
Reblogged from the pandas are moshing.
December 16, 2008, 4:04am Comments
