More from Emo Philips
Not everybody hates me. Only the people who’ve met me.
Emo PhilipsEmo Philips When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realised that the Lord doesn’t work that way so I stole one and asked Him to forgive me.
Emo PhilipsEmo Philips My first job as a kid was going from door to door selling Christmas cards, to raise money for my grandmother’s hip replacement. Because, you know… You break it, you buy it.
Emo PhilipsEmo Philips One man’s pet-stained carpet is another man’s Twister game.
Emo PhilipsEmo Philips My mother was like a sister to me, only we didn’t have sex quite so often.
Emo PhilipsEmo Philips I don’t know how electricity works. All I know is that it calms me.
Emo PhilipsEmo Philips A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing.
Emo PhilipsEmo Philips I’m filthy stinking rich – well, two out of three ain’t bad.
Emo PhilipsEmo Philips I think the whole concept of monotheism is a gift from the gods.
Emo PhilipsEmo Philips When I wake up in the morning, I just can’t get started until I’ve had that first, piping hot pot of coffee. Oh, I’ve tried other enemas.
Emo PhilipsEmo Philips I think fur looks better on an animal than on a human being. So I dress my dog in a mink teddy.
Emo PhilipsEmo Philips I’ve always had a special place in my heart for old women digging through garbage bins. They saved my life so many times as a baby.
Emo PhilipsEmo Philips Once I posed nude for a magazine. I’ve never been back to THAT newstand.
Emo PhilipsEmo Philips I told my wife she looks sexy with black fingernails. Now she thinks I slammed the car door on her hand on purpose.
Emo PhilipsEmo Philips People come up to me… concerned… that I’ll reproduce.
Emo PhilipsEmo Philips The other day a woman came up to me and said, Didn’t I see you on television? I said, I don’t know. You can’t see out the other way.
Emo PhilipsEmo Philips
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Even with broken wings, she dares to fly. And even with a broken heart, she dares to love.
Divya khandalDivya khandal And I refuse to apologize until the very end for the way that I feel – my feelings are valid too.
Carmen AmadosCarmen Amados Contemplate your own mortality daily, then see how much we must change.
Chris AllchinChris Allchin Poetry is the voice of the soul and the inspiration of the heart.
Teresa PeresTeresa Peres We parted sadly, like children in the street on a pleasant june afternoon.
Iestyn TudorIestyn Tudor And what shall I call you? Yours. In this life, the ones before, and all others thereafter.
Alexandra MichelleAlexandra Michelle If I could go back to a time I’d be with you. And I’d thank you again for almost being the healing to my heart.
Aimee C. HoveyAimee C. Hovey I was a living breathing nightmare and he was my favorite dream catcher.
Juwairiyyah OlgarJuwairiyyah Olgar
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Dance with me. Bring my demons to their knees.
Nicole LyonsNicole Lyons Always be doing something worthwhile; then the devil will always find you busy.
St. JeromeSt. Jerome Secrets of the past! Who does not wish to keep the past locked in a cage like a ferocious beast? The rich are sleepless for fear of thieves. The respectable have to guard their reputations in the same way.
Munshi PremchandMunshi Premchand Be ever engaged, so that whenever the devil calls he may find you occupied.
St. JeromeSt. Jerome Is it true that cannibals don’t eat clowns because they taste funny?
Steven WrightSteven Wright A false interpretation of Scripture causes that the gospel of the Lord becomes the gospel of man, or, which is worse, of the devil.
St. JeromeSt. Jerome Woman is the gate of the devil, the road to iniquity, the sting of the scorpion, in a word, a dangerous species.
St. JeromeSt. Jerome While you were claiming to protect me from others, someone should have protected me from you.
Samantha King HolmesSamantha King Holmes
