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Specialized meaninglessness has come to be regarded, in certain circles, as a kind of hallmark of true science.
If Men and Women took their Pleasures as noisily as the Cats, what Londoner could ever hope to sleep of nights?
What we feel and think and are is to a great extent determined by the state of our ductless glands and viscera.
Men do not learn much from the lessons of history and that is the most important of all the lessons of history.
The telling of a story, like virtually everything in this life, was always made all the easier by a cup of tea.
Suffering raises up those souls that are truly great; it is only small souls that are made mean-spirited by it.
For immigrant generations especially, family is the first structure, or shelter, for a people who are in exile.
There was one thing my murderer didn't understand; he didn't understand how much a father could love his child.
All you have to do is desire it, and if you desire it enough and understand why -- really know -- it will come.
One thing about failing repeatedly: If you're still doing it after you've failed that much, you really mean it.
What is our life but a succession of preludes to that unknown song whose first solemn note is sounded by death?
The desperation was coming off you in waves. You were all but begging to dance with me. I am doing you a favor.
We're impacted by all the intersections of our identities and those then are reflected on what our choices are.
Most American white men are trained to be fags. For this reason it is no wonder their faces are weak and blank.
Man is a living lie--a bitter jest Upon himself--a conscious grain of sand Lost in a desert of unconsciousness.
People tend to forget that in our country, we'd pretty much all be immigrants, except for the Native Americans.
The campaign against polygamy, around which a lot of anti-Mormon sentiment was organized, seems horrific to me.
I love to communicate, and I love music. That's why I always thought not being able to hear would be a tragedy.
When I'm not depressed, I draw strength and beauty from depression; when I am depressed, I find no such things.
I've learned... That having a child fall asleep in your arms is one of the most peaceful feelings in the world.
It's not so much that I write well, I just don't write badly very often and that passes for good on television.
I stared up at the sky and raised my middle finger, just in case God was watching. I don't like being spied on.
We carry within ourselves the direction our lives will take. Within ourselves burn the timeless, fateful stars.
You have no idea how pleasant it is not to have any future. It's like having a totally efficient contraceptive.
Welly, welly, welly, welly, welly, welly, well. To what do I owe the extreme pleasure of this surprising visit?
People who want to rise above a well-cooked meal and a well-tailored garment, are out of their spiritual minds.
The arms of love encompass you with your present, your past, your future, the arms of love gather you together.
That's the way they are. You must not hold it against them. Children should be very understanding of grown-ups.
I will always try to turn sights and sounds into words. I will always try to shape words into my singing poems.
Don't worry about your caddie. He may be an irritating little wretch, but for eighteen holes he is your caddie.
I was living in a house with 11 dogs and all I thought about was dogs. I never had sex with any of them though.
A mouse who wishes to fool the cat doesn't simply scamper out of its hole whenever it feels the slightest urge.
Finally the homeless eel marked its territory, I suppose, and the Doctor lay heavily upon me, moist with sweat.
Those who never philosophized until they met with disappointments, have mostly become disappointed philosophers
Extremely foolish advice is likely to be uttered by those who are looking at the laboring vessel from the land.
And so I write the way I myself would like the book to be – if I were a child. I write for the child within me.
If I didn't define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people's fantasies for me and eaten alive.
...my experience with people who tried to label me was that they usually did it to either dismiss me or use me.
What is more basic than the need to be known? It is the entirety of intimacy, the elixir of love, this knowing.
Decisions are beautiful. They are the evidence of thought and care. Decisions are the polishing cloths of life.
Happy the boy whose mother is tired of talking nonsense to him before he is old enough to know the sense of it.
The sky was incredibly far away, and beautiful enough to make a person wonder why our hearts are never so free.
I should have told her at the time. I could have taken a deep breath, looked away, and forced myself to say it.
What she did have, after raising two children, was the equivalent of a PhD in mothering and my undying respect.
When science discovers the center of the universe a lot of people will be disappointed to find they are not it.
To me, animal communication seemed an insane idea, years ago; but my experience altered my life and my beliefs.
When she stopped conforming to the conventional picture of femininity she finally began to enjoy being a woman.
Remember that your job as a practicing writer is to remember it's never going to be perfect on your first pass.
If men should read these words, let them know that power is a heavy burden. Seek not to be bound by its chains.
There is an art to wrestling, and there is a need to do it right. Cody Rhodes exemplifies all the right things.