“Our culture runs on coffee and gasoline, the first often tasting like the second.”
Edward Abbey book Down the River
Source: Down the River (1982), p. 81
Source: The Lovely Bones
“Our culture runs on coffee and gasoline, the first often tasting like the second.”
Edward Abbey book Down the River
Source: Down the River (1982), p. 81
“Our own Sleeping Beauty. Who finally kissed you awake?”
Cassandra Clare book City of Bones
Source: City of Bones
Macy Gray (1967) American singer-songwriter and actress
"A Moment to Myself" (co-written with Jeremy Ruzumna, Miles Tackett. Mark Morales, and Damon Wimbley)
On How Life Is (1999)
“Alec is beautiful,” said Jill, bending down to kiss him.
“Like a mushroom cloud!”
Kage Baker book The Life of the World to Come
scoffed Balkister.
Source: The Life of the World to Come (2004), Chapter 6, “Alec and His Friends” (p. 109)
Jodi Picoult My Sister's Keeper
Variant: Love has all the lasting permanence of a rainbow — beautiful while it’s there, and just as likely to have disappeared by the time you blink.
Source: My Sister's Keeper
“Passion about nothing is like pouring gasoline into a car without wheels.”
Donald Miller book Blue Like Jazz: nonreligious thoughts on Christian spirituality
Blue Like Jazz (2003, Nelson Books)
“Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, but beautiful old people are works of art.”
Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962) American politician, diplomat, and activist, and First Lady of the United States
“Happiness is an accident of nature, a beautiful and flawless aberration.”
Pat Conroy The Lords of Discipline
Source: The Lords of Discipline
“Beauty comes naturally, but it's hard to be stunning by accident.”
David Levithan book Every Day
Source: Every Day