They stared at each other for several long minutes hoping the other would give in. Finally she broke. “Fine, will you go in with me then?” “Will it make you feel better?” “Yes.” “Sure thing. The worse thing that could happen is people w...
When my friends began to have babies and I came to comprehend the heroic labor it takes to keep one alive, the constant exhausting tending of a being who can do nothing and demands everything, I realized that my mother had done all of these things fo...
A woman desires to be a man's last romance, her baby's first love and a person who can live with dignity all her life. As a girl matures to be a woman, her fairy tale imagination gets superseded by her struggle to be a good wife, a good mother and mo...
Amy [Winehouse] increasingly became defined by her addiction. Our media though is more interested in tragedy than talent, so the ink began to defect from praising her gift to chronicling her downfall. The destructive personal relationships, the blood...
Anyone who says that economic security is a human right, has been to much babied. While he babbles, other men are risking and losing their lives to protect him. They are fighting the sea, fighting the land, fighting disease and insects and weather an...
Papa, I'm ashamed that you think women are so simple. We can make decisions for ourselves too, you know. I'm not a child or a baby anymore, so I'm allowed to speak my mind. And if you don't wish to hear it, just tell me so and I'll go into another ro...
You can win You can lose You’re in love Don’t get abused Love can bleed Your heart tonight……………….. Many ways of love You’ll see Life ain’t a fantasy Love can make You proud tonight ………….. For many years Love is a game My h...
Many hearts Are diamonds Many hearts Will fool you Many hearts Are tired Of being alone …………… Many hearts In sorrow Still lost Seeking tomorrow Lonely hearts Still Hoping For love tonight ………….. We’ll count to ten We’ll start ag...
But that which is called a Flower by any other name would still be as trusting and they were not to change her. In fact, she grew only more Hothouse-gorgeous as the bitterness poured down and off and around her and flooded the town, fertilizing crops...
Constance is lying naked on her bed - naked except for five bracelets, two necklaces and an anklet (she never her wears rings if sex is in the air). One lithe arm is curled around her purple halo of hair while the other lies dormant on her taut belly...
This is George, my beloved George. D'you think I want to go to my grave knowing that at the moment of his trial he looked around and saw no one lift a finger for him? If it is the death of me, I shall go to him." "Go then," he said. "Kiss our baby go...
There are few ways in which good people do more harm to those who take them seriously than to defend the gospel with arguments that won't hold water. Many of the difficulties encountered by young people going to college would be avoided if parents an...
Death didn't happen like I expected it to. There was no Grim Reaper, no chorus of angels, no army of demons. And my life didn't flash before my eyes. Death was the color of softness, a delicate green under a thin film of baby powder. There was nothin...
So it goes for those of us who live in a cul-de-sac, where babies are brought home from the hospital and watched over, where hearts stop and feet slip, where we wonder if there is a hidden road that leads somewhere. We believe and we doubt. Believing...
[Brown is telling Billy why he signed up for the police] Brown: So she tells me, "You never finish anything. You finish the police course, you get taken care of again, baby." So after graduation, I get a blowjob again. Billy Costigan: That's great. Y...
Henry Lowe: A brilliant young woman I know was asked once to support her argument in favor of social welfare. She named the most powerful source imaginable: the look in a mother's face when she cannot feed her children. Can you look that hungry child...
Gobber: [about riding baby dragons inside an ice mountain] Some might suggest this is poorly conceived! Hiccup: Well, it's a good thing that I never listen. [an ice wall splits them up] Gobber: Whoa! So... [he pauses for the ice wall] Gobber: ... wha...
Lillian Breedan: I met the manager. Is that the boss? Donald Breedan: I did time for what that motherfucker does every day! Lillian Breedan: Baby - can you just handle it till we find you something new? Can you do that? Donald Breedan: Ain't a hard t...
Hogarth Hughes: Hey, Dean! Watch this! Dean McCoppin: All right, we're watching. Hogarth Hughes: This one's for professionals only! Banzai! [dives into lake, starts shivering] Hogarth Hughes: Come on in! The water's... great. Dean McCoppin: No, thank...
[the Incredibles enter their house to find Syndrome holding Jack-Jack. Syndrome paralyses them with his zero point energy] Syndrome: Shhh. The baby's sleeping. [Syndrome gets up with Jack-Jack still in his arms, preparing to leave] Syndrome: You took...
[first lines] Bill: Do you find me sadistic? You know, I bet I could fry an egg on your head right now, if I wanted to. You know, Kiddo, I'd like to believe that you're aware enough even now to know that there's nothing sadistic in my actions. Well, ...
