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“Words are like arrows, Arianne. Once loosed, you cannot call them back.”
George R.R. Martin“Words are like arrows, Arianne. Once loosed, you cannot call them back.”
George R.R. Martin, A Feast for Crows“Most people couple within their own height range- short couples are 8 percent apart, midsize couples are 8 percent apart. The exception is talls. Tall women, meanwhile, date men who are approximately the same size, 0 to 5 percent taller; extremely tall women go for men 0 to 2 percent taller. Tall men are kids in a candy store, dating whomever they want.”
Arianne Cohen, The Tall Book: A Celebration of Life from on High“Tall men are the most romantically successful group on earth, bar none: more successful than rich people, accomplished people and educated people.”
Arianne Cohen, The Tall Book: A Celebration of Life from on High“Toward the end of Carmel's life, the perception of super talls shifted dramatically, thanks largely to televised NBA games, By 1975, pretty much everyone had seen super tall people on TV, in the context of being celebrated in front of sold-out basketball arenas. This new frame of reference could not have been more positive. By 1995 Shaquille O'Neal was known as The Man of Steel, not the Traveling Human Giant. The idea of super tall people as freaks was replaced by the idea of super tall people as amazing athletes.”
Arianne Cohen, The Tall Book: A Celebration of Life from on High“Kids from small families grow about an inch taller than those from large families. This is true regardless of income and social class, because a body can't grow well while fighting off nine siblings' cold viruses.”
Arianne Cohen, The Tall Book: A Celebration of Life from on High“Now lemme get this straight," she said in a throaty, nasal voice. "You put the lime in the cocanut and drink 'em both up--whoa, long faces. What am I interrupting?”
Lauren Kate“[Hypatia Bradlaugh Bonner belonged to] that small army of brave people who made it their duty, without thought of themselves or hope or expectation of reward, to strive for unpopular causes.[Chapman Cohen on the death of noted freethinker and peace advocate Hypatia Bradlaugh Bonner]”
Chapman Cohen“Show me slowly what I onlyknow the limits ofDance me to the end of love”
Leonard Cohen, Leonard Cohen: Poems and Songs“so much of the world is plunged in darkness and chaos...So ring the bells that still can ringForget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThat’s how the light gets in.”
Leonard Cohen“Angel!I whirled round. 'No! Don't you Angel me, Marcus Cohen! You've treated me like dirt-suspicious ever sinds we met. Testing me is the final straw. You've never thought about how your behaviour affects me-not once. You never understood that all I wanted was to be allowed to love you.”
Joss Stirling, Angel Dares