One square yard of drag will slow a falling body almost twenty percent.
Dan Brown, Angels & Demons.
“The most dangerous enemy is that which no one fears.”
“When you're a black woman, her mother said, ain't no hiding what you are. Day you try, is the day you die. Stand tall, smile bright, and let 'em wonder what secret's making you laugh.”
“In the end we are all just searching for truth, that which is greater than ourselves.”
“God answers all prayers, but sometimes his answer is 'no'.”
“Whether or not you believe in God, you must believe this: when we as a species abandon our trust in a power greater than us, we abandon our sense of accountability. Faiths all faiths are admonition...”
“Omnipotent-benevolent simply means that God is all-powerful and well-meaning.''I understand the concept. It's just . . . there seems to be a contradiction.''Yes. The contradiction is pain. Man's st...”
“Our body is designed to work for reaching a set goal”
“I felt like an animal, and animals dont know sin, do they?”
“V-Dayif you need this one day in a year to show everyone else you truly care for your loved one I think its quite stupid. I hate this commercialism. Its all artificial, and has nothing to do with r...”
“Because the first time they met...Y-da: "You know, Y-naga-san, the more makeup you put on, the more you look like a guy in drag. So I'm going to call you F-mio!"Y-naga: "I-I like this person!"The m...”
“Ego loves identity. Drag mocks identity. Ego hates drag.”
“Drag queen is a gender like no other, and with practice I'd learned to rise to it.”
“Falling in love is like getting hit by a truck and yet not being mortally wounded. just sick to your stomach, high one minute, low the next. Starving hungry but unable to eat. hot, cold, forever ho...”
“Sometimes it takes a good fall to really know where you stand”
“I have often wondered since at my own firmness. In that dreadful interview with my uncle I had felt, in the whirl and horror of my mind, on the very point of submitting, just as nervous people are ...”