If men do not keep on speaking terms with children, they cease to be men, and become merely machines for eating and for earning money.

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Rain is grace; rain is the sky condescending to the earth; without rain, there would...

Rain is grace; rain is the sky condescending to the earth; without rain, there would...

Government is either organized benevolence or organized madness; its peculiar magnitude permits no shading.

Government is either organized benevolence or organized madness; its peculiar magnitude permits no shading.

Americans have been conditioned to respect newness, whatever it costs them.

Americans have been conditioned to respect newness, whatever it costs them.

But for a few phrases from his letters and an odd line or two of...

But for a few phrases from his letters and an odd line or two of...

A healthy male adult bore consumes each year one and a half times his own...

A healthy male adult bore consumes each year one and a half times his own...

The refusal to rest content, the willingness to risk excess on behalf of one's obsessions,...

The refusal to rest content, the willingness to risk excess on behalf of one's obsessions,...

I secretly understood: the primitive appeal of the hearth. Television is-its irresistible charm-a fire.

I secretly understood: the primitive appeal of the hearth. Television is-its irresistible charm-a fire.

Many men are more faithful to their golf partners than to their wives and have...

Many men are more faithful to their golf partners than to their wives and have...

Each morning my characters greet me with misty faces willing, though chilled, to muster for...

Each morning my characters greet me with misty faces willing, though chilled, to muster for...

I love my government not least for the extent to which it leaves me alone.

I love my government not least for the extent to which it leaves me alone.

A healthy male adult bore consumes each year one and a half times his own...

A healthy male adult bore consumes each year one and a half times his own...

Creativity is merely a plus name for regular activity. Any activity becomes creative when the...

Creativity is merely a plus name for regular activity. Any activity becomes creative when the...

How do you write women so well? I think of a man and I take...

How do you write women so well? I think of a man and I take...

By the time a partnership dissolves, it has dissolved.

By the time a partnership dissolves, it has dissolved.

Art is like baby shoes. When you coat them with gold, they can no longer...

Art is like baby shoes. When you coat them with gold, they can no longer...

In memory's telephoto lens, far objects are magnified.

In memory's telephoto lens, far objects are magnified.

Celebrity is a mask that eats into the face. As soon as one is aware...

Celebrity is a mask that eats into the face. As soon as one is aware...

Religion enables us to ignore nothingness and get on with the jobs of life.

Religion enables us to ignore nothingness and get on with the jobs of life.

I've been making a list of the things they don't teach you at school. They...

I've been making a list of the things they don't teach you at school. They...

I do not believe that any type of religion should ever be introduced into the...

I do not believe that any type of religion should ever be introduced into the...