Life is a zoo in a jungle.

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The bonds of matrimony are like any other bonds - they mature slowly.

The bonds of matrimony are like any other bonds - they mature slowly.

I was thinking that we all learn by experience, but some of us have to...

I was thinking that we all learn by experience, but some of us have to...

Who of us is mature enough for offspring before the offspring themselves arrive? The value...

Who of us is mature enough for offspring before the offspring themselves arrive? The value...

The universe is like a safe to which there is a combination. But the combination...

The universe is like a safe to which there is a combination. But the combination...

I wanted to be bored to death, as good a way to go as any.

I wanted to be bored to death, as good a way to go as any.

My father hated radio and could not wait for television to be invented so he...

My father hated radio and could not wait for television to be invented so he...

When I can no longer bear to think of the victims of broken homes, I...

When I can no longer bear to think of the victims of broken homes, I...

A suburban mother's role is to deliver children obstetrically once, and by car forever after.

A suburban mother's role is to deliver children obstetrically once, and by car forever after.

Celibacy is the worst form of self-abuse.

Celibacy is the worst form of self-abuse.

The value of marriage is not that adults produce children but that children produce adults.

The value of marriage is not that adults produce children but that children produce adults.

Murals in restaurants are on a par with the food in museums.

Murals in restaurants are on a par with the food in museums.

We all learn by experience but some of us have to go to summer school.

We all learn by experience but some of us have to go to summer school.

Confession is good for the soul only in the sense that a tweed coat is...

Confession is good for the soul only in the sense that a tweed coat is...

A suburban mother's role is to deliver children obstetrically once, and by car for ever...

A suburban mother's role is to deliver children obstetrically once, and by car for ever...

The universe is like a safe to which there is a combination. But the combination...

The universe is like a safe to which there is a combination. But the combination...

We must love one another, yes, yes, that's all true enough, but nothing says we...

We must love one another, yes, yes, that's all true enough, but nothing says we...

Nostalgia isn't what it used to be.

Nostalgia isn't what it used to be.

The rich aren't like us, they pay less taxes.

The rich aren't like us, they pay less taxes.

Everybody hates me because I'm so universally liked.

Everybody hates me because I'm so universally liked.

Gluttony is an emotional escape, a sign something is eating us.

Gluttony is an emotional escape, a sign something is eating us.