Instead of inventing imaginary friends, I invented whole imaginary worlds. They were elaborate scenarios about spies and adventurers and top secret missions. I crawled along my swing set, searching for escape routes from my maximum-security prison; I biked through the neighborhood, the wind in my hair and a fleet of evildoers on my heels. Robin Wasserman Read Quote
My favorite part was when my grandfather and I would make a special trip to Firpo’s Bakery for red and green Christmas cookies and fruitcake studded with the sweetest cherries I’ve ever tasted. Usually Firpo’s was too expensive for our slim budget, but Christmas mornings they gave a discount to any children who came in. Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Read Quote
Before I drop in, I tend to knock on my snowboard. You know how when you jinx yourself, they’re like, ‘Knock on wood.’ My snowboard’s wood, so in case I jinxed myself sometime in the past, I just knock on my board. It just makes me feel a lot more comfortable. Chloe Kim Read Quote
It is a burden because I get asked about my father all the time. I just need to accept that he was a champion before me. Nico Rosberg Read Quote
Stand-up comedians have a very important relationship to Twitter. For them, it’s a place to try out material. Sheila Heti Read Quote
I think, with TG, in our own ways, we have been committed to the idea of evolution on some level and change on some level – that human behaviour may not be changeable, but one has to try and be optimistic and work towards content that might signify change. Genesis P-Orridge Read Quote
The Trump administration is hammering again and again on the idea that Democrats will bring chaos and violence to American streets. Heather Cox Richardson Read Quote
I don’t spend money on the lavish life, but I spend on excessive green juices. Riley Keough Read Quote
