logo

Quotes About Playfulness

The only permanent rule in Calvinball is that you can never play it the same way twice! (Calvin)
~ Bill Watterson
No sport is less organized than Calvinball.
~ Bill Watterson
Calvin: ME TARZAN! KING OF JUNGLE! Suzy: Nice underpants. Does your mom know you're over here like this? Calvin:...I don't think Jane EVER said that to Tarzan.
~ Bill Watterson
For me, it's been liberating to put myself in the mind of a fictitious six year-old each day, and rediscover my own curiosity. I've been amazed at how one idea leads to others if I allow my mind to play and wander.
~ Bill Watterson
Wisdom is a return to childhood.
~ Blaise Pascal
Y quizá la única manera de producir una obra de arte perdurable sea no tomándola demasiado en serio, no dándole mayor importancia, distrayéndose un poco o, como dirían los psicólogos actuales, dejando que la subconsciencia influya
~ Borges, Jorge Luis
Tout ce qui n'est ni une couleur, ni un parfum, ni une musique, c'est de l'enfantillage
~ Boris Vian
Tout ce qui n'est ni une couleur, ni un parfum, ni une musique, dit-il en comptant sur ses doigts, c'est de l'enfantillage. -Et une femme? protesta Lil. Sa femme? -Une femme, non, par conséquent, dit Wolf, puisque c'est au moins les trois.
~ Boris Vian
He smiled. "Happy anniversary, Samantha Jellicoe. So, Godzilla, or sex?" Samantha laughed. "How about both?" "I like that. I get to be Godzilla." "I guess that makes me Tokyo.
~ Suzanne Enoch
he murmured. "Of course, you're my favorite ride." "Aw, that's sweet, baby. And you're my favorite joystick.
~ Sylvia Day
Do you want to suck face or not?" "Suck face?" His head fell back and he laughed, his chest vibrating against me. It was a lusty, full-bodied sound and my toes curled at hearing it. Gideon laughed so rarely. My hands slid under his sweater and glided over that warm skin. My lips moved over his jaw. "Is that a no?" "Angel, I'll suck on any part of your body I can get my mouth on.
~ Sylvia Day
Still, it was better than being trampled by teddy bears.
~ Tad Williams
Funfunfunfunfun!
~ Tamora Pierce
She is Leaper, Russet said, and Leaper wagged her tail. The male pup trotted over. He is Chaser, commented Russet. These others are too silly to have names.
~ Tamora Pierce
Pax amor et lepos in iocando. Latin for Peace, love and sense of fun.
~ Julie Andrews Edwards
Magnanimous of you.' His mouth twitched. 'Mmm. Use more words like that, please. Schoolmistress words. Long, impressive ones.' He'd made the last three words sound like an innuendo.
~ Julie Anne Long
What are you doing?" "What I've wanted to do for a long time." She couldn't move, couldn't think. She was lost in his dark eyes, and as he slowly lowered his head toward hers, she whispered, "Are you going to throttle me, then?" He was laughing when he kissed her.
~ Julie Garwood
No, I wanna go kick puppies," she retorted.
~ Julie Kenner
No te voy a cansar con más poemas. Digamos que te dije nubes, tijeras, barriletes, lápices, y acaso alguna vez sonreíste.
~ Julio Cortazar
Los cronopios, en cambio, esos seres desordenados y tibios, dejan los recuerdos sueltos por la casa, entre alegres gritos, y ellos andan por el medio y cuando pasa corriendo uno, lo acarician con suavidad y le dicen: 'No vayas a lastimarte', y también: 'Cuidado con los escalones'.
~ Julio Cortazar
Ahora pasa que las tortugas son grandes admiradoras de la velocidad, como es natural. Las esperanzas lo saben, y no se preocupan. Los famas lo saben, y se burlan. Los cronopios lo saben, y cada vez que encuentran una tortuga, sacan la caja de tizas de colores y sobre la redonda pizarra de la tortuga dibujan una golondrina.
~ Julio Cortazar
y los gatos, siempre inevitablemente los minouche morrongos miaumiau kitten kat chat cat gatto grises y blancos y negros y de albañal, dueños del tiempo y de las baldosas tibias, invariables amigos de la Maga que sabía hacerles cosquillas en la barriga y les hablaba un lenguaje entre tonto y misterioso, con citas a plazo fijo, consejos y advertencias.
~ Julio Cortazar
Así habían empezado a andar por un París fabuloso, dejándose llevar por los signos de la noche,....deteniéndose en las placitas confidenciales para besarse en los bancos o mirar las rayuelas, los ritos infantiles del guijarro y el salto sobre un pie para entrar en el Cielo.
~ Julio Cortazar
I personally don't lock in a performance, because I do leave room for things to happen, so I just make sure I'm very intimate with what I'm saying and why I'm saying it so that no matter what happens, we can do whatever we want to do and leave space for play.
~ Susan Kelechi Watson