693 Quotes About Contemporary

While you’re alive there’s no time for minor amazements.

I bit my lip. "I just think they're dangerous, that's all.""Dangerous? Like antibiotic resistance? And...umm... SHARKS?"I kicked him softly. "You know what I mean, I think they're dangerous for, like, society.

He speaks in that strange sports talk, telling me about the start of the new season and asks if I follow baseball. No. I really don’t. He assures me if I stay in town long enough I will become a baseball fan. It’s a requirement of living in St. Louis. Everyone is a Cardinal’s fan. “Loyal,” he tells me. St. Louis is a loyal town.

I’m looking to make a miracle

Poetry is not an art, it's a symptom.

Not realizing that in an instant my privileged self brutally equated her entire identity to that of a street dog ~ (Pagli, Memoirs-The Imperfections of My Life)

Being seen is the most tender form of love, and I see you. I do

You are beautiful... Don't let anyone, not even yourself, tell you any different.

I'm fat and I take up space, but that's okay... I'm allowed to take up space just as much as anyone else.