Sheila Ballantyne
Sheila Ballantyne
Sheila Ballantyne quotes about
sunday expectations world
Sundays are terrible because it is clear that there is no one in charge of the world. And this knowledge leave you drifting around, grappling with unfulfilled expectations and vague yearnings.
events fantasy enough
If you have enough fantasies, you're ready, in the event that something happens.
maintenance illusion function
illusions are crucial to the maintenance of life functions ...
humor ghetto miracle
Ghetto humor is the social twin of fantasy; together they sustain the powerless, who accomplish miracles through illusion.
oysters pearls aces
There is no irritant as painful as an ace up your sleeve that you can never use; it's the kind of thing that causes oysters to produce pearls.
earthquakes planning californians
Californians are good at planning for the earthquake, while simultaneously denying it will happen.
expectations differentiate
It's expectation that differentiates you from the dead.