July 2012
“Rarely has a wedding announcement made for so much shtick. Comedy writer Chase Mitchell: “Kim Jong-Un proposed by getting down on one knee and saying ‘You will marry me.’ ” Conan O’Brien: “It’s reported that Kim Jong-un got married. He’s registered at the local, ‘Bed, Bath and Other Things They Don’t Have in North Korea.’”
—From Evan Osnos in The New Yorker
“She loved the guy. She did it for him. She would’ve done anything for him. Some people are like that. Some loves are like that. Most loves are like that, from what I can see. Your heart starts to feel like an overcrowded lifeboat. You throw your pride out to keep it afloat, and your self-respect and your independence. After a while you start throwing people out—your friends, everyone you used to know. And it’s still not enough. The lifeboat is still sinking, and you know it’s going to take you down with it. I’ve seen that happen to a lot of people here. I think that’s why I’m sick of love.”
—Gregory David Roberts, Shantaram (via simply-quotes)
