Industrial society seems likely to be entering a period of severe stress, due in part to problems of human behavior and in part to economic and environmental problems

Quote by Cyril Connolly

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Youth is a period of missed opportunities.

Youth is a period of missed opportunities.

Literature is the art of writing something that will be read twice; journalism what will...

Literature is the art of writing something that will be read twice; journalism what will...

There is no pain equal to that which two lovers can inflict on one another....

There is no pain equal to that which two lovers can inflict on one another....

Those whom the Gods would destroy, they first call promising.

Those whom the Gods would destroy, they first call promising.

A lazy person, whatever the talents with which he starts out, have condemned himself to...

A lazy person, whatever the talents with which he starts out, have condemned himself to...

Whom the gods wish to destroy they first call promising.

Whom the gods wish to destroy they first call promising.

All charming people have something to conceal, usually their total dependence on the appreciation of...

All charming people have something to conceal, usually their total dependence on the appreciation of...

The more books we read, the clearer it becomes that the true function of a...

The more books we read, the clearer it becomes that the true function of a...

There is no fury like a woman searching for a new lover

There is no fury like a woman searching for a new lover

The dread of loneliness is greater than the fear of bondage, so we get married.

The dread of loneliness is greater than the fear of bondage, so we get married.

Optimism and self-pity are the positive and negative poles of modern cowardice.

Optimism and self-pity are the positive and negative poles of modern cowardice.

The past is the only dead thing that smells sweet.

The past is the only dead thing that smells sweet.

Like water, we are truest to our nature in repose.

Like water, we are truest to our nature in repose.

Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public...

Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public...

Words today are like the shells and rope of seaweed which a child brings home...

Words today are like the shells and rope of seaweed which a child brings home...

The worst vice of the solitary is the worship of his food.

The worst vice of the solitary is the worship of his food.

The only way for writers to meet is to share a quick peek over a...

The only way for writers to meet is to share a quick peek over a...

A good writer is not, per se, a good book critic. No more so than...

A good writer is not, per se, a good book critic. No more so than...

Novelists do not write as birds sing, by the push of nature. It is part...

Novelists do not write as birds sing, by the push of nature. It is part...

Writers don't write, they read and transcribe.

Writers don't write, they read and transcribe.