Justice is a terrible but necessary thing.

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There are two barriers that often prevent communication between the young and their elders. The...

There are two barriers that often prevent communication between the young and their elders. The...

In their sympathies, children feel nearer animals than adults.

In their sympathies, children feel nearer animals than adults.

Faithfulness to the past can be a kind of death above ground. Writing of the...

Faithfulness to the past can be a kind of death above ground. Writing of the...

Memory is a magnet. It will pull to it and hold only material nature has...

Memory is a magnet. It will pull to it and hold only material nature has...

Only a fool would refuse to enter a fool's paradise when that's the only paradise...

Only a fool would refuse to enter a fool's paradise when that's the only paradise...

Experience is what allows us to repeat our mistakes, only with more finesse!

Experience is what allows us to repeat our mistakes, only with more finesse!

Groan and forget it.

Groan and forget it.

The sick soon come to understand that they live in a different world from that...

The sick soon come to understand that they live in a different world from that...

A taste for irony has kept more hearts from breaking than a sense of humor,...

A taste for irony has kept more hearts from breaking than a sense of humor,...

The source of one's joy is also often the source of one's sorrow.

The source of one's joy is also often the source of one's sorrow.

Sleeplessness is a desert without vegetation or inhabitants.

Sleeplessness is a desert without vegetation or inhabitants.

We can love an honest rogue, but what is more offensive than a false saint?

We can love an honest rogue, but what is more offensive than a false saint?

The past is really almost as much a work of the imagination as the future.

The past is really almost as much a work of the imagination as the future.

The basic essential of a great actor is that he loves himself in acting.

The basic essential of a great actor is that he loves himself in acting.

I've done more harm by the falseness of trying to please than by the honesty...

I've done more harm by the falseness of trying to please than by the honesty...

Memory is a magnet. It will pull to it and hold only material nature has...

Memory is a magnet. It will pull to it and hold only material nature has...

If you want a baby, have a new one. Don't baby the old one.

If you want a baby, have a new one. Don't baby the old one.

A broken bone can heal, but the wound a word opens can fester forever.

A broken bone can heal, but the wound a word opens can fester forever.

Talent is helpful in writing, but guts are absolutely necessary.

Talent is helpful in writing, but guts are absolutely necessary.

Fiction reveals truths that reality obscures.

Fiction reveals truths that reality obscures.