Parents, however old they and we may grow to be, serve among other things to shield us from a sense of our doom. As long as they are around, we can avoid the fact of our mortality; we can still…

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She was a patron saint of the peripheral.

She was a patron saint of the peripheral.

New links must be forged as old ones rust.

New links must be forged as old ones rust.

Anthropology was the science that gave her the platform from which she surveyed, scolded and...

Anthropology was the science that gave her the platform from which she surveyed, scolded and...

A lot of people would rather tour sewers than visit their cousins.

A lot of people would rather tour sewers than visit their cousins.

Anthropology was the science that gave her the platform from which she surveyed, scolded and...

Anthropology was the science that gave her the platform from which she surveyed, scolded and...

Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a...

Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a...

Parents, however old they and we may grow to be, serve among other things to...

Parents, however old they and we may grow to be, serve among other things to...

You cannot write for children They're much too complicated. You can only write books that...

You cannot write for children They're much too complicated. You can only write books that...

Adults are obsolete children.

Adults are obsolete children.

You see, money's not everything in life is it? but it keeps you in touch...

You see, money's not everything in life is it? but it keeps you in touch...

Whatever they grow up to be, they are still our children, and the one most...

Whatever they grow up to be, they are still our children, and the one most...

When I was a kid, if a guy got killed in a western movie I...

When I was a kid, if a guy got killed in a western movie I...

Where does discipline end? Where does cruelty begin? Somewhere between these, thousands of children inhabit...

Where does discipline end? Where does cruelty begin? Somewhere between these, thousands of children inhabit...

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we...

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we...

Our children await Christmas presents like politicians getting in election returns: there's the Uncle Fred...

Our children await Christmas presents like politicians getting in election returns: there's the Uncle Fred...

When television producers say it is the parents' obligation to keep children away from the...

When television producers say it is the parents' obligation to keep children away from the...

What starts the process, really, are laughs and slights and snubs when you are a...

What starts the process, really, are laughs and slights and snubs when you are a...

Riding turns 'I wish' into 'I can'.

Riding turns 'I wish' into 'I can'.

Government, obviously, cannot fill a child's emotional needs. Nor can it fill his spiritual and...

Government, obviously, cannot fill a child's emotional needs. Nor can it fill his spiritual and...

Rock gives children, on a silver platter, with all the public authority of the entertainment...

Rock gives children, on a silver platter, with all the public authority of the entertainment...

Now the brother shall betray the brother to death, and the father the son; and...

Now the brother shall betray the brother to death, and the father the son; and...