Not to like ice cream is to show oneself uninterested in food.

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I think the story is my form.

I think the story is my form.

Of the seven deadly sins, only envy is no fun at all.

Of the seven deadly sins, only envy is no fun at all.

I am the heterosexual Truman Capote.

I am the heterosexual Truman Capote.

I know from the middle distance I give off the look of being prolific, which...

I know from the middle distance I give off the look of being prolific, which...

Envy is never general, but always very particular - at least envy of the kind...

Envy is never general, but always very particular - at least envy of the kind...

I know how many days in which I have just answered e-mail, had three phone...

I know how many days in which I have just answered e-mail, had three phone...

The pleasure of jogging and running is rather like that of wearing a fur coat...

The pleasure of jogging and running is rather like that of wearing a fur coat...

I should prefer to die laughing, and, on more than one occasion, thought I might.

I should prefer to die laughing, and, on more than one occasion, thought I might.

I myself think anti-Semitism is about envy.

I myself think anti-Semitism is about envy.

In recompense, envy may be the subtlest - perhaps I should say the most insidious...

In recompense, envy may be the subtlest - perhaps I should say the most insidious...

We know the ideal isn't where the action is.

We know the ideal isn't where the action is.

No one has really ever defined what a friend is.

No one has really ever defined what a friend is.

One serious drawback about letters is that, in order to get them, one must send...

One serious drawback about letters is that, in order to get them, one must send...

Culture means, I think, that you have widened your experience enough through reading and through...

Culture means, I think, that you have widened your experience enough through reading and through...

By the way, the secret of speaking French is confidence. Whether you are right or...

By the way, the secret of speaking French is confidence. Whether you are right or...

I know how deeply slothful I am.

I know how deeply slothful I am.

I am basically a complainer and all the grounds for complaint have been swept out...

I am basically a complainer and all the grounds for complaint have been swept out...

I am married to someone I love.

I am married to someone I love.

The decisive moment in the defeat of upper class, capital-S, Society may have come when,...

The decisive moment in the defeat of upper class, capital-S, Society may have come when,...

I just know so many people who have six or seven foreign languages and have...

I just know so many people who have six or seven foreign languages and have...