Social evolution may be the result of intention, but it rarely, if ever, produces the result intended.
Children love to be alone because alone is where they know themselves, and where they dream.
Come September, children return to school, grownups to work, and the brain to the head.
My guess [is]. . . that the great majority of Americans are saying they favor gun control when they really mean gun banishment. . . . I think the country has long been ready to restrict the use of guns, except for hunting rifles and shotguns, and now I think we're prepared to get rid of the damned things entirely - the handguns, the semis and the automatics.
A library should be like a pair of open arms.
When you have the goods, you don't need to dress up what you're writing.
If you need three adjectives to describe something, then you've probably chosen the wrong something.
People are often shy to acknowledge that they are Bengalis. They somehow take pride in saying that they cannot speak or read the language.
Profound virtue is indeed deep and wide. It leads all things back to the great order.
When I started out in the early 1930s, there were a great many magazines that published short stories. Unfortunately, the short-story market has dwindled to almost nothing.
I love arguing with you, Claire. You always surprise me. And occasionally, you even make sense.