Annamaria Mechler

“The purpose of TV channels are not to entertain, is to force one to watch commercials”
― Omar Farhad , Need a Ride?

“Every month about 90 percent of American children between the ages of three and nine visit a McDonald's. The seesaws, slides, and pits full of plastic balls have proven to be an effective lure.”
― Eric Schlosser, Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal

“And all at once she was elated. Where were the terrors she'd been told she should expect? She could not recognize them anywhere. The sweet earth opened out its wide four corners to her like the petals of a flower ready to be picked, and it shimmered with light and possibility till she was dizzy with it. [...] Why, she too, might live forever in this remarkable world she was only just discovering!”
― Natalie Babbitt, Tuck Everlasting

“Buying loyalty can be as effective as fear when one’s rival is poorer than oneself.”
― K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master