Every game ever invented by mankind, is a way of making things hard for the fun of it!

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Every parent is at some time the father of the unreturned prodigal, with nothing to...

Every parent is at some time the father of the unreturned prodigal, with nothing to...

The day will happen whether or not you get up.

The day will happen whether or not you get up.

You don't have to suffer to be a poet; adolescence is enough suffering for anyone.

You don't have to suffer to be a poet; adolescence is enough suffering for anyone.

Written by a sponge dipped in warm milk and sprinkled with sugar.

Written by a sponge dipped in warm milk and sprinkled with sugar.

A good question is never answered. It is not a bolt to be tightened into...

A good question is never answered. It is not a bolt to be tightened into...

It is easy enough to praise men for the courage of their convictions. I wish...

It is easy enough to praise men for the courage of their convictions. I wish...

The Constitution gives every American the inalienable right to make a damn fool of himself.

The Constitution gives every American the inalienable right to make a damn fool of himself.

A university is what a college becomes when the faculty loses interest in students.

A university is what a college becomes when the faculty loses interest in students.

A neighborhood is a residential area that is changing for the worse.

A neighborhood is a residential area that is changing for the worse.

There is nothing wrong with sobriety in moderation.

There is nothing wrong with sobriety in moderation.

What has any poet to trust more than the feel of the thing? Theory concerns...

What has any poet to trust more than the feel of the thing? Theory concerns...

Early to bed and early to rise probably indicates unskilled labor.

Early to bed and early to rise probably indicates unskilled labor.

The reader deserves an honest opinion. If he doesn't deserve it, give it to him...

The reader deserves an honest opinion. If he doesn't deserve it, give it to him...

But when the pen is in his hand he has to write by itch and...

But when the pen is in his hand he has to write by itch and...

Poetry lies its way to the truth.

Poetry lies its way to the truth.

A university is what a college becomes when the faculty loses interest in the students.

A university is what a college becomes when the faculty loses interest in the students.

Nothing goes further toward a man's liberation than the act of surviving his need for...

Nothing goes further toward a man's liberation than the act of surviving his need for...

Love is the word used to label the sexual excitement of the young, the habituation...

Love is the word used to label the sexual excitement of the young, the habituation...

Don't hold to anger, hurt or pain. They steal your energy and keep you from...

Don't hold to anger, hurt or pain. They steal your energy and keep you from...

Love is like a rose. It looks beautiful on the outside...but there is always pain...

Love is like a rose. It looks beautiful on the outside...but there is always pain...