“The spoken word converts individual knowledge into mutual knowledge, and there is no way back once you've gone over that cliff. Saying nothing was more amendable, and over time I'd come to see that it was usually your best course of action.”
― We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves
― We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves
“I thought there were moments to complain about your parents and moments to be grateful, and it was a shame to mix those moments up.”
― We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves
― We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves
“I'm unclear on the definition of person the courts have been using. Something that sieves out dolphins but lets corporations slide on through.”
― We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves
― We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves
“I had my hair in a ponytail and looked my trademark exhausted.”
― Bossypants
― Bossypants
“For animals that are overworked, underfed, and cruelly treated; for all wistful creatures in captivity that beat their wings against bars; for any that are hunted or lost or deserted or frightened or hungry; for all that must be put to death...and for those who deal with them we ask a heart of compassion and gentle hands and kindly words.”
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