“Snickerdoodle,” Jackson says, passing in front of me to reach the pony. “We don’t eat the guests.” Snickerdoodle backs up a step, her body and mane, as one might expect from her name, a golden tan. She whinnies, sounding as if she’s
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“Laughter, along with madness, seemed to be the only way out, the emergency exit for humans.”
― The Humans
― The Humans
“Humans, as a rule, don't like mad people unless they are good at painting, and only then once they are dead. But the definition of mad, on Earth, seems to be very unclear and inconsistent. What is perfectly sane in one era turns out to be insane in another. The earliest humans walked around naked with no problem. Certain humans, in humid rainforests mainly, still do so. So, we must conclude that madness is sometimes a question of time, and sometimes of postcode.
Basically, the key rule is, if you want to appear sane on Earth you have to be in the right place, wearing the right clothes, saying the right things, and only stepping on the right kind of grass.”
― The Humans
Basically, the key rule is, if you want to appear sane on Earth you have to be in the right place, wearing the right clothes, saying the right things, and only stepping on the right kind of grass.”
― The Humans
“Men from children nothing differ.”
― Much Ado About Nothing
― Much Ado About Nothing
“I'll scream!"
"Likely. If not before, certainly during. I expect they'll hear ye at the next farm; you've got good lungs.”
― Outlander
"Likely. If not before, certainly during. I expect they'll hear ye at the next farm; you've got good lungs.”
― Outlander
“Let's not forget The Things They Do To Make Themselves Happy That Actually Make Them Miserable. This is an infinite list. It includes - shopping, watching TV, taking the better job, getting the bigger house, writing a semi-autobiographical novel, educating their young, making their skin look mildly less old and harboring a vague desire to believe there might be a meaning to it all.”
― The Humans
― The Humans
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