Mentholated Quotes

#1. It was a December night so cold and clear that the air felt like the air of the Moon - lung-burning; mentholated and pure

Douglas Coupland

#2. The planetary phase of history has begun, but the future shape of global society remains profoundly uncertain. Though perhaps improbable, a shift toward a planetary civilization of enriched lives, human solidarity, and environmental sustainability is still possible.

Paul Raskin

#3. My childhood dream was always to be on Broadway. I wanted to end up in TV and film. It's kind of flipped, and I'm not mad about it, but my childhood dream is Broadway and I want to end up there.

Grant Gustin

#4. Traits acquired during one's lifetime - muscles built up in the gym, for example - cannot be passed on to the next generation. Now with technology, as it happens, we might indeed be able to transfer some of our acquired traits on to our selected offspring by genetic engineering.

Nick Bostrom

#5. Clouds of black birds rose up wailing and screaming, like the thoughts of my heart.

Mary Renault

#6. This wasn't shit creek. This wasn't no paddle. This was shit ocean. This was I can't even see land.

Brent Weeks

#7. If any of our songs ever did make it on the top ten, I'd disband the group immediately.

Robert Smith

#8. I don't get superheroes," she says,
"if you could see through everything
you'd see nothing at all.

Paul Madonna

#9. Wisdom is not acquired save as the result of investigation.

Sara Teasdale

#10. I love how you can shoot a movie in a month or two or three of four, and it's this encapsulated story that you box up and ship out into the world, and what it is, is what it is.

Steven Strait

#11. Art is art, nature is nature, you cannot improve upon it ... Pictures should be inspired by nature, but made in the soul of the artist. It is the soul of the individual that counts.

Emily Carr

#12. The music industry is an interesting lens through which to look at change, because it has had such a difficult time adjusting to the digital age.

Jennifer Egan

#13. Hi there," squeaked a precocious little voice, "you are speaking to Chloe Fusakawa, and I have just learned how to answer the phone.

Gabrielle Zevin

#14. Plenty of people wish to become devout, but no one wishes to be humble.

Joseph Addison

#15. If you suffer an attack your best ally is to keep calm.

Miguel El Portugues

#16. I rose, locking eyes with Maxon, who I noticed had stopped chewing.

Kiera Cass