"Well, they won't find it, and they certainly won't get sex.
All those men are so old, it'd be like playing snooker with a rope."

"He's never been the last of the red hot lovers...
but, recently, it's got to the point where he's jealous of stiff wind."

(Imagine Me & You)

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She had spent the past twenty years of her life defining beauty, and for what? To her unending dismay, she found herself in a nation overrun with strip malls, NASCAR, and golden arches on every street corner. Somewhere along the way, she had become Van Gogh, painting stars for a sightless world; Maria Callas bringing Puccini to an audience rendered ( Read more... )

"She could have been the victim, a role she wouldn't have minded playing if it meant forgoing responsibility."

"This amounts to mental suicide. Resisting what we can't control removes us from reality, rendering our emotions, circumstances and loved ones inaccessible. The result is a terrible emptiness, which we usually blame on our failure to get what we want. Actually, it comes from refusing to accept what we have."

(Found at: CNN.com/living)

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I'm sure some of you have read it, I'm also sure some haven't, and some most likely have seen the film.

Erica's review of the 1994 Takarazuka documentary Dream Girls
"Secondly, it's important to remember that Takarazuka was NOT designed to create strong, independent women - its was created to create "good wives, wise mothers." These women are not ( Read more... )

My favorite book when I was 16/17, given to me by someone very special and very dear, who 'entrusted' me with her copy.

Demian about the story of Cain and Abel:

We walked on. I felt very self-conscious. Suddenly ( Read more... )

Why Exotic Pets Should Not Be Banned » The Ever-Present Danger

"It can take as much as $150,000 or more to raise just one of them. Many caretakers are ill equipped to handle such a creature, resulting in the deaths of around 2,000 of them every year in the United States alone due to abuse or neglect. [...] Training is a vital part of raising this ( Read more... )

Life holds nothing terrible for the one who has made it plain to himself that there is nothing terrible in not-living. Thus, whoever says he fears death, not because it will bring pain but because it comes some day, is talking into the blue. For what when it comes does not bother us, because we are dead, cannot bring us pain; we can only imagine it ( Read more... )