(Chen Chen, Chapter VIII / Oscar Wilde, The Picture Of Dorian Gray / Markus Zusak, I Am The Messenger

“I can love only what I can place so high above me that I cannot reach it.”

— Franz Kafka

“Wild women are an unexplainable spark of life. They ooze freedom and seek awareness, they belong to nobody but themselves yet give a piece of who they are to everyone they meet. If you have met one, hold on to her, she’ll allow you into her chaos but she’ll also show you her magic.”

— Nikki Rowe, Fragile but Fierce: A Quote Collection (Balboa Press AU, May 28, 2020) (via Make Believe Boutique)

“Most times, it’s just a lot easier not to let the world know what’s wrong.”

— Chuck Palahniuk, Invisible Monsters

Greek Gods as Incorrect Quotes Pt 4

Artemis: I'm gonna need a human skull but you can't ask why.  Athena: Only if you also don't ask why.  Athena: *pulls four pristine human skulls out of their bag*  Artemis: ...  Artemis, grabbing a skull: This one will do.

Dionysus: I'm going the fight the next person who insults Ariadne.  Ariadne: I hate myself.  Dionysus: Alright, square up.

Hermes: Hey, can we stay in your dorm tonight?  Hephaestus: Why?  Dionysus: Ares fiddled with an ouija board and cursed ours.  Hermes: Apollo doesn't know how to banish spirits, so he just threw salt at them and yell "DOES THIS LOOK LIKE A HOTEL TO YOU?!"

Aphrodite: If looking good was a crime, you’d be a law abiding citizen. 

Zeus, handing out popsicles: Which flavor do you want?  Hermes: Blue flavor!  Zeus: Uh, you mean Blue Raspberry?  Hermes: Blue flavor! Blue flavor!  Zeus: Blue is not a flavor!  Hermes: BLUE FLAVOR!

Apollo: A butterfly! Hey, little guy, gal or nonbinary pal!  Aphrodite: Can a butterfly be nonbinary?  Apollo: I mean, maybe? I don't judge.  Dionysus, staring dreamily out of the window: Ah, have you ever imagine having butterfly wings? Then-  Artemis: Then it would be inconvenient as f*ck. Your wings would smack every doorframe and your clothes would have to have holes in the back.  Ares: Also, your wing's paper thin, so even a six year old aimed a NERF gun at it would... Yeah...  Hermes: *sips coffee* According to all known laws of aviation, there is no way that a-  Dionysus: No, nononono. You f*ckers have already shattered my dream, you don't get the f*cking privilege to make that reference.  Athena: Also, it's about a butterfly, not a bee... Why would you make that reference?  Apollo: You clearly have not lived with him long enough.

Artemis: Theater kids are just choir kids who joined forces with the band and strings kids. 

Ares: The moon looks beautiful, doesn’t it?  Hephaestus, looking at Ares: Yeah… but do you know what’s more beautiful?  Ares and Hephaestus in unison: *sighs* Aphrodite

Hera: Hephaestus! What did I tell you about lying?  Hephaestus, looking down: ...That it only works on Zeus.

Ares: My life is a little too much panic and not enough disco.  Hermes: My life is a little too much fall and not enough boy.  Apollo: My life is a little too much chemical and not enough romance.  Dionysus: My life is a little too much imagination and not nearly enough dragons. Athena: Why? Just why?

Apollo: Do you take constructive criticism?  Hermes: No, only cash or credit.

Apollo: What situation is not instantly improved by the addition of fishnets, I ask you.  Artemis: Being a fish.  Apollo: Well, sh*t.

Dionysus: Forgive me Father, for I have sinny-sin-sinned.

“We’ll survive, you and I.”

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

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“Some writers research in order to write. I write in order to research topics that interest me.”

— Chuck Palahniuk

“The trick is to enjoy life. Don’t wish away your days, waiting for better ones ahead.”

— Marjorie Pay Hinckley

“Find someone who makes you realize three things: one, that home is not a place, but a feeling. Two, that time is not measured by a clock, but by moments. And three, that heartbeats are not heard, but felt and shared.”

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