Men reacted as they always did; some with an extreme of generosity, giving what little they could spare to strangers; others behaved with an equal and opposite extreme of harshness, demanding outrageo...
Many of you know little about storytelling. Before I begin, let me explain. The Story is the story of us all. If understood properly, it is of immense power. It tells you who you are, what you might e...
It is cruel that we are granted the desire to know, but denied the time to do it properly. We all die frustrated; it is the greatest lesson we have to learn.
It is easy to imagine a world where not only can few people read, few need to or want to. Serious reading can become the preserve of a s mall group of specialists, just as shoe-making or farming is fo...
It was, for the time being, an empty threat, and he must have sensed it also, for he laughed easily and with contempt. You will do what your masters tell you to do, doctor. As do we all.
I knew salesmen, they made good murderers.
A te trezi, în Roma ca și în oricare alt oraș, e o treabă personală și cel mai bine e să o rezolvi în liniște.
Although I do not need to be surrounded by others in order to feel alive, I do need some conversation and distraction.
I had never before spent a night with a woman, had someone lying by my side in the quietness of the dark, hearing her breath and feeling her warmth beside me.It is a sin, and it is a crime. I say it f...
And a more foolish notion can scarcely be imagined, it being obvious that the reader is only informed of what the writer wishes him to know, and is thus seduced into believing almost anything.
Young men of my type are prone to be impatient of details, and give their loyalties without regard to evidence.
Who you are is less important than what you seem.
And there will be no waste, I promise you, he went on, waving his finger in the air as he got into his stride.You see, the trouble with the professor is that, once he stops for lunch, he tends to lose...
O viață petrecută lucrând sub egida Ministerului Apărării îl învățase o sumedenie de tehnici de supraviețuire într-o lume care făcea ca lupta armată să pară civilizată și plină de stil.
The world needs only a few geniuses; civilization is maintained and extended by those lesser souls who corral the men of greatness, tie them down with explanations and footnotes and annotated editions...
Rosie digested the information, but not the cake. Her mother was strict about eating between meals. 'A fat girl will never find a good man, Rosie,' was her view, handed down to her by Great-aunt Jessi...
Shame, I do believe, is the most powerful emotion known to man; most discoveries and journeys of importance have been accomplished because of the ignominy that would be the result if the attempt was a...
The result was most peculiar, and it took a lot of work to get it laid out properly, but first tests were satisfactory. I called it Momentum and told anyone who saw it that it was a biting critique of...
The dance of capital, the harmony of a balance sheet, and the way these abstractions interact with people, their characters and desires, either as individuals or in a mass. Understand that one is the...
Politeness, I learned at her salon, is a demanding discipline; to convince others without recourse to the tricks of the demagogue or bully requires a high level of intelligence, especially when the au...
Showing 81 to 100 of 100 results
