Vent Quotes

“Listen, Wesley, this may sound weird coming from me, since I hate you and all, but you can tell me stuff if you want.” It sounded like something out of a cheesy G-rated movie. Great. “I mean, I vented all of my shit about Jake to you, so if you want to do the same,… well, I’m cool with that.”
The smirk slipped for a second. “I’ll keep that in mind.” Then he cleared his throat and added stiffly, “Didn’t you say that you needed to go home? You don’t want to be late for school.”
“Right.”
I started to stand, but his warm hand closed around my wrist. I turned around and found him looking at me. He leaned forward and pressed his lips against mine. Before I even realized what was happening, he pulled away and whispered, “Thank you, Bianca.”
― Kody Keplinger, The DUFF: Designated Ugly Fat Friend

“The top easily preventable health problems that I see in western societies are: 1. Eating chemically grown food. 2. Exposure to electronically generated harmonic energy from wind and solar power systems. 3. Exposure to harmonic energy from switched mode power supplies (SMPS) that come with modern electronic products. 4. Exposure to wireless radio frequency radiation (RF). 5. Light deficiency from an indoor lifestyle and Low-E double glazed windows. 6. Sound deficiency from heavily insulated homes that are devoid of natural sounds and are extremely quiet. 7. Pollen deficiency from living in man-made cities that are devoid of natural levels of pollen. 8. Natural radiation deficiency from living in homes that block natural levels of environmental radiation. 9. Open drain sickness that occurs when drain traps dry out and faulty vent valves that allow sewer gas to fill the home. 10. Drinking the wrong type of water.”
― Steven Magee

“Some ride the bullet to vent, while some shoot the bullet to revenge.”
― Anthony Liccione

“Caresses are a wind blowing from within. (Les caresses sont un vent - Qui souffle du dedans.)”
― Charles de Leusse

“If a player needs someone to whom he can vent his doubts, complaints, and fears, that’s what sports psychologists are for.”
― Bob Rotella, How Champions Think: In Sports and in Life

“As I’m listening to the answer, I’m discerning your mood, and I’m throwing you into one of three buckets regarding the type of one-on-one we’re about to have: The Update (all clear!) The Vent (something’s up . . .) The Disaster (oh dear . . .)”
― Michael Lopp, Managing Humans: Biting and Humorous Tales of a Software Engineering Manager

“I want to say now that the voice takes up space, in two senses. It inhabits and occupies space; and it also actively procures space for itself. The voice takes place in space, because the voice is space.”
― Steven Connor, Dumbstruck: A Cultural History of Ventriloquism