Pleasure is continually disappointed, reduced, deflated, in favor of strong, noble values: Truth, Death, Progress, Struggle, Joy, etc. Its victorious rival is Desire: we are always being told about Desire, never about Pleasure. – Roland Barthes Category: Pleasure
To perceive Christmas through its wrappings becomes more difficult with every year. – Elwyn Brooks White Category: Black Friday Shopping
School is practice for the future, and practice makes perfect and nobodys perfect so why bother. – Tre Cool Category: Future
Love-matches are made by people who are content, for a month of honey, to condemn themselves to a life of vinegar. – Countess of Blessington Category: Marriage
My mother was 45 when she had me, so when I was in high school my parents were the same age as my friends grandparents. – Jack White Category: Age
