If the Barbarians are destroyed, who will we then be able to blame for the bad things?

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We do not go to bed in single pairs; even if we choose not to...

We do not go to bed in single pairs; even if we choose not to...

Drosselmeier had unwittingly exposed himself to an overdose of reality, and it had destroyed his...

Drosselmeier had unwittingly exposed himself to an overdose of reality, and it had destroyed his...

What is marriage but prostitution to one man instead of many?

What is marriage but prostitution to one man instead of many?

It shone on everyone, whether they had a contract or not. The most democratic thing...

It shone on everyone, whether they had a contract or not. The most democratic thing...

Comedy is tragedy that happens to other people.

Comedy is tragedy that happens to other people.

A day without an argument is like an egg without salt.

A day without an argument is like an egg without salt.

A book is simply the container of an idea like a bottle; what is inside...

A book is simply the container of an idea like a bottle; what is inside...

Hollywood... was the place where the United States perpetrated itself as a universal dream and...

Hollywood... was the place where the United States perpetrated itself as a universal dream and...

Is not this whole world an illusion? And yet it fools everybody.

Is not this whole world an illusion? And yet it fools everybody.

In a secular age, an authentic miracle must purport to be a hoax, in order...

In a secular age, an authentic miracle must purport to be a hoax, in order...

Reading a book is like re-writing it for yourself. You bring to a novel, anything...

Reading a book is like re-writing it for yourself. You bring to a novel, anything...

The bed is now as public as the dinner table and governed by the same...

The bed is now as public as the dinner table and governed by the same...

Aeneas carried his aged father on his back from the ruins of Troy and so...

Aeneas carried his aged father on his back from the ruins of Troy and so...

Nothing is a matter of life and death except life and death.

Nothing is a matter of life and death except life and death.

I think the adjective ''post-modernist'' really means ''mannerist.'' Books about books is fun but frivolous.

I think the adjective ''post-modernist'' really means ''mannerist.'' Books about books is fun but frivolous.

The notion of a universality of human experience is a confidence trick and the notion...

The notion of a universality of human experience is a confidence trick and the notion...

I was sitting in the looping studio late one night, and I had this epiphany...

I was sitting in the looping studio late one night, and I had this epiphany...

It is, perhaps, better to be valued as an object of passion than never to...

It is, perhaps, better to be valued as an object of passion than never to...

To pin your hopes upon the future is to consign those hopes to a hypothesis,...

To pin your hopes upon the future is to consign those hopes to a hypothesis,...

Mother goddesses are just as silly a notion as father gods. If a revival of...

Mother goddesses are just as silly a notion as father gods. If a revival of...