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food imagery in marketing = sign of wealth and being “rich” ?
i wonder if people who have siblings are more likely to refer to their mom in a conversation as just “mom” compared to others who might say “my mom”
could there be something to do with the idea of a shared parent and having the habit of referring to their mom in a conversation with a sibling? or it could just be the way people talk.
The falls said something to me like You are flesh, in no uncertain terms.
Norman Rush • Mating
Carol looked at her. “How do you become a poet?” “By feeling things—too much, I suppose,” Therese answered conscientiously.
Patricia Highsmith • The Price of Salt: OR Carol
Thinking of the dead who have so shaped me, but did not get to see where it was all going.
Kat Dunn • Hungerstone
What is a monster but a creature of agency?
Kat Dunn • Hungerstone
Perhaps I might experiment with a little violence.
Kat Dunn • Hungerstone
My thing was ironic T-shirts featuring slogans like “#1 Grandpa.”
Patty Schemel • Hit So Hard: A Memoir
“I guess. But I can’t really imagine the sun not rising tomorrow.” A crease forms between her eyebrows as she puzzles out a response. “Can you imagine it rising on a world without a reaping?”