Love, love, love -- all the wretched cant of it, masking egotism, lust, masochism, fantasy under a mythology of sentimental postures, a welter of self-induced miseries and joys, blinding and masking the essential personalities in the frozen gestures of courtship,…

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Even crushed against his brother in the Tube the average Englishman pretends desperately that he...

Even crushed against his brother in the Tube the average Englishman pretends desperately that he...

Man made one grave mistake: in answer to vaguely reformist and humanitarian agitation he admitted...

Man made one grave mistake: in answer to vaguely reformist and humanitarian agitation he admitted...

You're only young once, but you can be immature forever.

You're only young once, but you can be immature forever.

All societies on the verge of death are masculine. A society can survive with only...

All societies on the verge of death are masculine. A society can survive with only...

Only one thing is certain: if pot is legalized, it won't be for our benefit...

Only one thing is certain: if pot is legalized, it won't be for our benefit...

Australia is a huge rest home, where no unwelcome news is ever wafted on to...

Australia is a huge rest home, where no unwelcome news is ever wafted on to...

Freedom is fragile and must be protected. To sacrifice it, even as a temporary measure,...

Freedom is fragile and must be protected. To sacrifice it, even as a temporary measure,...

There is no such thing as security. There never has been.

There is no such thing as security. There never has been.

Perhaps catastrophe is the natural human environment, and even though we spend a good deal...

Perhaps catastrophe is the natural human environment, and even though we spend a good deal...

Perhaps women have always been in closer contact with reality than men: it would seem...

Perhaps women have always been in closer contact with reality than men: it would seem...

Loneliness is never more cruel than when it is felt in close propinquity with someone...

Loneliness is never more cruel than when it is felt in close propinquity with someone...

Evolution is what it is. The upper classes have always died out; it's one of...

Evolution is what it is. The upper classes have always died out; it's one of...

I didn't fight to get women out from behind vacuum cleaners to get them onto...

I didn't fight to get women out from behind vacuum cleaners to get them onto...

The older woman's love is not love of herself, nor of herself mirrored in a...

The older woman's love is not love of herself, nor of herself mirrored in a...

Sex is more fun than cars but cars refuel quicker than men.

Sex is more fun than cars but cars refuel quicker than men.

The tragedy of machismo is that a man is never quite man enough.

The tragedy of machismo is that a man is never quite man enough.

Loneliness is never more cruel than when it is felt in close propinquity with someone...

Loneliness is never more cruel than when it is felt in close propinquity with someone...

Man is jealous because of his amour propre; woman is jealous because of her lack...

Man is jealous because of his amour propre; woman is jealous because of her lack...

The management of fertility is one of the most important functions of adulthood.

The management of fertility is one of the most important functions of adulthood.

The compelled mother loves her child as the caged bird sings. The song does not...

The compelled mother loves her child as the caged bird sings. The song does not...