Boredom can be a lethal thing on a small island.
And I'll have you know that if you hurt my son again, if he so much as sighs sadly over his coffee, I will hire a man, a Russian, probably, to hunt you down and rip all that shiny black hair from your head, then break your skinny arms and legs, and s...
The Painting is not shit,' said Lucien. 'I know,' said Henri. 'That was just part of the subterfuge. I am of royal lineage; subterfuge is one of the many talents we carry in our blood, along with guile and hemophilia.
his hero Millet had admonished. Auguste Renoir had told him. Ah, but what they hadn't said, hadn't warned him about, was you could see.
Of course they won't bloody remember, they'll be dead.' Then she called him a name in a dead language that translated, roughly, to 'poop on a stick,' but sounded more succinct, like this: 'Of course they won't bloody remember, they'll be dead, Poopst...
I love you, Lucien, but I am a muse, you are an artist, I am here to make you comfortable.
I like a girl with a substantial bottom,' said Renoir, drawing in the air the size bottom he preferred.
Whistler,' Manet called. 'How's your mother?
But she's a redhead, so she's probably evil, even at her tender age." "I thought you liked redheads." "I do. What's your point?
...and thus he found his single source of joy in the society of other people: frightening the girls with his penis.
If they'd been dogs, they would have all been in the yard eating grass and trying to yak up whatever was making them feel so lousy. Not a bone gnawed, not a ball chased-all tails went unwagged. Oh, life is a fast cat, a short leash, a flea in that pl...
Scratch a cynic and you will find a disappointed romantic.
Everyone thinks that it was the big strong caveman who got the girl, and for the most part, that may have been true, but physical strength doesn't explain how our species created civilization. I think there was always some scrawny dreamer sitting at ...
The Angel Gabriel disappeared once for sixty years and they found him on earth hiding in the body of a man named Miles Davis.
You cannot believe what you do not believe, Rumi siad. I am an Untouchable because my karma dictates it.
Children see magic because they look for it.
Nobody's perfect. Well, there was this one guy, but we killed him....
The medium obscured the message.
The three jewels of Tao: compassion, moderation, and humility. Balthasar said compassion leads to courage, moderation leads to generosity, and humility leads to leadership.
Any freedom that can be given can be taken away.
A wall is a defense of a country that values inaction. But a wall imprisons the people of a country as much as it protects them. That's why Balthasar had us go this way. He wanted me to see the error in the Tao. One can't be free without action.
