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Word Origin Comics: The Scruples of Getting Stoned

Word Origin Comics: The Scruples of Getting Stoned
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"I swear there are about a million rocks underneath me," [Dylan] said grouchily.
Think of it as therapeutic. Like a shiatsu massage." (Sadie)
You obviously have a much better imagination than me," he said."

― Sarah Mayberry, Take on Me

"Clarice scrawled, 'A question from when I was a little girl that I can answer only now: are rocks made, or are they born? Answer: rocks are."

― Benjamin Moser, Why This World: A Biography of Clarice Lispector

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