His heart was like a sensitive plant, that opens for a moment in the sunshine, but curls up and shrinks into itself at the slightest touch of the finger, or the lightest breath of wind. Anne Bronte Read Quote
I’ve received a lot of compliments. People come right up to me on the street. They recognize me. Harry Dean Stanton Read Quote
Even though they have long shelf lives, chemical leaveners will lose potency over time. If the only box of baking soda you have around is the one that’s been absorbing odors in your fridge for the last few years, it’s probably a good idea to get a new box just for baking. Claire Saffitz Read Quote
When you celebrate, it’s something that happens as a group. But when you mourn, sorrow is something that you handle as an individual. Irvin Mayfield Read Quote
I don’t feel that old, but when I talk to these kids, I do feel old. Because I’m talking about taxes and all this other stuff that is very, very boring. And these guys are talking about music, and I’m like, ‘Oh, I remember those days.’ Jason Day Read Quote
I realise that, strutting around in power corridors for political coverage, a journalist becomes half a politician. Rajeev Shukla Read Quote
When I was a student there in the mid-1990s, they had just created the weekend; depth and individuality were slowly returning after the austere, colorless low of the 1970s. When I returned to live in China from 2005 to 2013, the country was building everything anew. Evan Osnos Read Quote
