Our house is made of glass... and our lives are made of glass; and there is nothing we can do to protect ourselves.

Quote by Joyce Carol Oates

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To be knocked out doesn't mean what it seems. A boxer does not have to...

To be knocked out doesn't mean what it seems. A boxer does not have to...

Night comes to the desert all at once, as if someone turned off the light.

Night comes to the desert all at once, as if someone turned off the light.

We are linked by blood, and blood is memory without language.

We are linked by blood, and blood is memory without language.

Homo sapiens are the species that invents symbols in which to invest passion and authority,...

Homo sapiens are the species that invents symbols in which to invest passion and authority,...

Boxing is about being hit rather more than it is about hitting, just as it...

Boxing is about being hit rather more than it is about hitting, just as it...

If you are a writer you locate yourself behind a wall of silence and no...

If you are a writer you locate yourself behind a wall of silence and no...

One man's insanity is another man's genius; someday the world will recognize the genius in...

One man's insanity is another man's genius; someday the world will recognize the genius in...

What I aspired to be and was not, comforts me.

What I aspired to be and was not, comforts me.

The third man in the ring makes boxing possible.

The third man in the ring makes boxing possible.

The television screen, so unlike the movie screen, sharply reduced human beings, revealed them as...

The television screen, so unlike the movie screen, sharply reduced human beings, revealed them as...

Our enemy is by tradition our savior, in preventing us from superficiality.

Our enemy is by tradition our savior, in preventing us from superficiality.

The great menace to the life of an industry is industrial self-complacency.

The great menace to the life of an industry is industrial self-complacency.

Where we come from in America no longer signifies. It's where we go, and what...

Where we come from in America no longer signifies. It's where we go, and what...

Study until twenty five, investigate until forty, profession until sixty, at which age I would...

Study until twenty five, investigate until forty, profession until sixty, at which age I would...

Homo sapiens is the species that invents symbols in which to invest passion and authority,...

Homo sapiens is the species that invents symbols in which to invest passion and authority,...

In love there are two things; bodies and words

In love there are two things; bodies and words

If food is poetry, is not poetry also food?

If food is poetry, is not poetry also food?

Sadder than destitution, sadder than a beggar is the man who eats alone in public....

Sadder than destitution, sadder than a beggar is the man who eats alone in public....

My idea of feng shui is to have them arrange the pepperoni in a circle...

My idea of feng shui is to have them arrange the pepperoni in a circle...

The quality of food is in inverse proportion to a dining room's altitude, especially atop...

The quality of food is in inverse proportion to a dining room's altitude, especially atop...

The lines of poetry, the period of prose, and even the texts of Scripture most...

The lines of poetry, the period of prose, and even the texts of Scripture most...