The murals in restaurants are on par with the food in museums.

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I wanted to be bored to death, as good a way to go as any.

I wanted to be bored to death, as good a way to go as any.

Who of us is mature enough for offspring before the offspring themselves arrive? The value...

Who of us is mature enough for offspring before the offspring themselves arrive? The value...

A suburban mother's role is to deliver children obstetrically once, and by car forever after.

A suburban mother's role is to deliver children obstetrically once, and by car forever after.

Celibacy is the worst form of self-abuse.

Celibacy is the worst form of self-abuse.

Life is a zoo in a jungle.

Life is a zoo in a jungle.

Gluttony is an emotional escape, a sign something is eating us.

Gluttony is an emotional escape, a sign something is eating us.

I wanted to be bored to death, as good a way to go as any.

I wanted to be bored to death, as good a way to go as any.

We are not primarily put on this earth to see through one another, but to...

We are not primarily put on this earth to see through one another, but to...

My father hated radio and could not wait for television to be invented so he...

My father hated radio and could not wait for television to be invented so he...

Everybody hates me because I'm so universally liked.

Everybody hates me because I'm so universally liked.

Confession is good for the soul only in the sense that a tweed coat is...

Confession is good for the soul only in the sense that a tweed coat is...

The universe is like a safe to which there is a combination. But the combination...

The universe is like a safe to which there is a combination. But the combination...

Words fashioned with somewhat over precise diction are like shapes turned out by a cookie...

Words fashioned with somewhat over precise diction are like shapes turned out by a cookie...

The satirist shoots to kill while the humorist brings his prey back alive and eventually...

The satirist shoots to kill while the humorist brings his prey back alive and eventually...

The tuba is certainly the most intestinal of instruments, the very lower bowel of music.

The tuba is certainly the most intestinal of instruments, the very lower bowel of music.

There are times when parenthood seems nothing more than feeding the hand that bites you.

There are times when parenthood seems nothing more than feeding the hand that bites you.

I love being a writer. What I can't stand is the paperwork.

I love being a writer. What I can't stand is the paperwork.

When I can no longer bear to think of the victims of broken homes, I...

When I can no longer bear to think of the victims of broken homes, I...

The rich aren't like us, they pay less taxes.

The rich aren't like us, they pay less taxes.

Celibacy is the worst form of self-abuse.

Celibacy is the worst form of self-abuse.