The voices of cold reason were talking, as usual, to deaf ears.
We, the public, are easily, lethally offended. We have come to think of taking offence as a fundamental right. We value very little more highly than our rage, which gives us, in our opinion, the moral...
Creativity is paradoxical. To create, a person must have knowledge but forget the knowledge, must see unexpected connections in things but not have a mental disorder, must work hard but spend time doi...
A man would rather break his donkeys back than give it the carrot it requires to progress.
Very well, said the Voice, in a tone of relief. Then I'm going to throw flints at you till you think differently.
You don't get to decide, she said, where I go, or when.I know. His voice was ragged. I've always known that about you. I don't know why I had to fall in love with someone who's more stubborn than I am...
Annie Taliaferro had that hammerhead look about her, like a breachy range cow, or a bunch-quitting steer.
There's a line in the Bible about perfect love casting out fear. That I don't know about, but orneriness will do it every time.
[T]he values to which people cling most stubbornly under inappropriate conditions are those values that were previously the source of their greatest triumphs.
Mais Turandot sort brusquement de son bistrot et, du bas des marches, il lui crie : Eh petite, où vas-tu comme ça ? Zazie ne lui rèpond pas, elle se contente d'allonger le pas.
Fat-heided creatures, the Carmichaels, she said judiciously. Loyal enough, but stubborn as rocks.Thus sayeth a Fraser, I remarked. The Carmichaels must be something special in that line.
Go ahead, let them judge you.
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