Showing up at school already able to read is like showing up at the undertaker's already embalmed: people start worrying about being put out of their jobs.

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Writers who have nothing to say always strain for metaphors to say it in.

Writers who have nothing to say always strain for metaphors to say it in.

Golf is tiddlywinks played while standing up and and wearing a hat

Golf is tiddlywinks played while standing up and and wearing a hat

True nostalgia is an ephemeral composition of disjointed memories.

True nostalgia is an ephemeral composition of disjointed memories.

I'd rather rot on my own floor than be found by a bunch of bingo...

I'd rather rot on my own floor than be found by a bunch of bingo...

American couples have gone to such lengths to avoid the interference of in-laws that they...

American couples have gone to such lengths to avoid the interference of in-laws that they...

People are so busy dreaming the American Dream, fantasizing about what they could be or...

People are so busy dreaming the American Dream, fantasizing about what they could be or...

Now the only thing I miss about sex is the cigarette afterward. Next to the...

Now the only thing I miss about sex is the cigarette afterward. Next to the...

People are so busy dreaming the American Dream, fantasizing about what they could be or...

People are so busy dreaming the American Dream, fantasizing about what they could be or...

He travels fastest who travels alone, and that goes double for she. Real feminism is...

He travels fastest who travels alone, and that goes double for she. Real feminism is...

The witty woman is a tragic figure in American life. Wit destroys eroticism and eroticism...

The witty woman is a tragic figure in American life. Wit destroys eroticism and eroticism...

Time has lost all meaning in that nightmare alley of the Western world known as...

Time has lost all meaning in that nightmare alley of the Western world known as...

In social matters, pointless conventions are not merely the bee sting of etiquette, but the...

In social matters, pointless conventions are not merely the bee sting of etiquette, but the...

Americans worship creativity the way they worship physical beauty - as a way of enjoying...

Americans worship creativity the way they worship physical beauty - as a way of enjoying...

The witty woman is a tragic figure in American life. Wit destroys eroticism and eroticism...

The witty woman is a tragic figure in American life. Wit destroys eroticism and eroticism...

Self-help books are making life downright unsafe. Women desperate to catch a man practice all...

Self-help books are making life downright unsafe. Women desperate to catch a man practice all...

Animal rights activists gives disillusioned feminists an excuse to go back to being women protecting...

Animal rights activists gives disillusioned feminists an excuse to go back to being women protecting...

Any discussion of the problems of being funny in America will not make sense unless...

Any discussion of the problems of being funny in America will not make sense unless...

The tears of the world are a constant quality. For each one who begins to...

The tears of the world are a constant quality. For each one who begins to...

Laughter is always the best medicine... unless you have diarrhea.

Laughter is always the best medicine... unless you have diarrhea.

The malicious sneer is improperly called laughter.

The malicious sneer is improperly called laughter.