We're playing Scrabble. It's a nightmare." "Scrabble?" He sounds surprised. "Scrabble's great." "Not when you're playing with a family of geniuses, it's not. They all put words like 'iridiums'. And I put 'pig'.
There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.
He dug so deeply into her sentiments that in search of interest he found love, because by trying to make her love him he ended up falling in love with her. Petra Cotes, for her part, loved him more and more as she felt his love increasing, and that was how in the ripeness of autumn she began to believe once more in the youthful superstition that poverty was the servitude of love. Both looked back then on the wild revelry, the gaudy wealth, and the unbridled fornication as an annoyance and they lamented that it had cost them so much of their lives to find the paradise of shared solitude. Madly in love after so many years of sterile complicity, they enjoyed the miracle of living each other as much at the table as in bed, and they grew to be so happy that even when they were two worn-out people they kept on blooming like little children and playing together like dogs.
Life is like playing the violin in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.
Last night I stayed up late playing poker with Tarot cards. I got a full house and four people died.
Money was never a big motivation for me, except as a way to keep score. The real excitement is playing the game.
Life is like playing a violin in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.
Playing with fire Kitten?
Oh, we're playing nice now? Shall we have tea first? Brew up a nice pot of kiss-my-ass?
I like wooden shoes—John Wooden. They are better for playing basketball. Nail them to the hardwood floor for increased shooting efficiency.