Empty Playground Quotes & Sayings

I find that the only way to get through life is to picture myself in an entirely disconnected reality. I often imagine how people would react to my death. Mr Dunthorne's quavering voice as he makes the announcement. The shocked faces of my classmates. A playground bedecked with flowers. The empty stillness of a school corridor. Local news analysis ... The steady stoicism of my parents ... Candlelit vigils ... And finally, my glorious resurrection. — Joe Dunthorne

Eli snorted, her eyes narrowed.
- Because I am like you.
- What do you mean like me? I..
Eli thrust her hand through the air as if she was holding a knife, said:
- What are you looking at, idiot? Want to die, or something? - Stabbed the air with empty hand. - That what happens if you look at me.
Oskar rubbed his lips together, dampening them.
- What are you saying?
- It's not me that's saying it. It's you. That was the first thing I heard you say. Down on the playground.
Oskar remembered. The tree. The knife. How he had held up the blade of the knife like a mirror, seen Eli for the first time. — John Ajvide Lindqvist

Kids shouting and skidding in the playground with no idea what future Hells awaited them: boring jobs and ruinous mortgages and bad marriages and hair loss and hip replacements and lonely cups of coffee in an empty house and a colostomy bag at the hospital. — Donna Tartt

one in five Muslim girls lives today in a community that sanctions some sort of interference with her genitals. — Geraldine Brooks

My mother bore no arms, — Catherine M. Wilson

Masturbation is good for the right arm. — Daron Malakian

What's the use of having convictions, if you refuse to stand up up for them? — ThePoetDarkling

Our debates, for the most part, are examples unworthy of a playground: name-calling, verbal slaps, gossip, giggles, all while the swings and slides of governance remain empty. — Toni Morrison

Nothing abnormal about the abnormal!" I laughed and finally he smirked, "Sorry just that's funny as shit. — S.L. Walker

All the evil in the world, and all the unhappiness, comes from the I-concept. — Wei Wu Wei

Change can be terrifying, but I've come to expect that God has an even greater adventure awaiting me than the one I leave behind. — Toni Sorenson

Unfortunately, money make us happy - look around then say your opinion! — Deyth Banger