leather

Aleksei Greene was a boy I used to play with, he was my imaginary friend.

— Shawn Lukas

A modern woman sees a piece of linen, but the medieval woman saw through it to the flax fields, she smelt the reek of the getting ponds, she felt the hard rasp of the hacking, and she saw the soft sheen of the glossy flax. Man did not see 'just leather', he saw the beast - perhaps one of his own - and knew the effort of slaughtering, liming and curing. Communities were smaller and whether our man lived on the outskirts of some feudal system, had escaped from it, or was entirely isolated, he would work alone, or daily with the same fellow-workers - conversation would soon languish. But THINK he must.

— Dorothy Hartley

Given involuntarily, and in an atmosphere of distrust, pain is torture, whatever the motive," suggests David. "But given consensually, between equals, pain can be a most incredible form of love.

— Geoff Mains

Her latest client is Professor Desmond Curtin, a university professor who teaches library sciences to large groups of students. He’s quick to pay on-time, quick to never fall behind. He’s a brown-haired man with an unkempt beard and thick-framed hipster glasses. Furthermore, he slides a leather briefcase stuffed with dollar bills into the open window of Geraldine’s car. “Your fly’s unzipped,” Geraldine points out, disgusted. “Who gave you a license to sell hot dogs, buddy?

— Rebecca McNutt

If you're a follower of Jesus, He has given you abundance so that you can care for others, not so you can stock up on Capri pants for next summer or afford a leather interior in the new SUV.

— Craig Groeschel

If you're a follower of Jesus, He has given you abundance so that you can care for others, not so you can stock up on Capri pants for next summer or afford a leather interior in the new SUV. As long as you don't own the responsibility of being blessed with resources so that you can give to those around you, then you can stay focused on getting more for yourself.

— Craig Groeschel

In the world of animals, pain serves an equivocal role. Parental nips and swipes are common tools in upbringing. And socially, pain is sometimes used to maintain hierarchies of dominance. But this animal use of pain seems somewhat restrained, at least in contrast with the human situation. Here the capacity for pain is often used to systematically exploit and oppress at intensities often far beyond those seen in the behavior of our nearest primate relatives. At the same time, at least in western culture, pain is rarely used for pleasure. Is it little wonder that all pain is viewed as intrinsically evil? Or that the pain-pleasure of leather space has been labelled torture?

— Geoff Mains

Snug pants, bandeau-type corset, and trim, motorcycle jacket. It was a fabulous outfit, but it was so urban-fantasy book cover

— Chloe Neill

So it is always preferable to discuss the matter of veganism in a nonjudgmental way. Remember that to most people, eating flesh or dairy and using animal products such as leather, wool, and silk is as normal as breathing air or drinking water. A person who consumes dairy or uses animal products is not necessarily or usually what a recent and unpopular American president labelled an "evildoer.

— Gary L. Francione

The leather community is largely anarchistic and shares a healthy distrust of power and arrogance.

— Geoff Mains