To have control of my own mind. . . to go with dignity is less terryfying. When I look at both options I have to die, I feel this is far more humane.
It is possible to call Tolstoy Kitsch.
The forms of the short, written poem as they have been developed in English over the past few centuries can be usefully seen as compressed, truncated, or fragmented imitations of other verbal forms, especially the play, story, public oration, and personal essay.
Writing is not a mystery. It is a craft like any other, and it can be learned.
The difference between a child's toy and an adult toy is: location, location, location.
The value of history. . . is that it teaches us what man has done and thus what man is.
Great motivators are visible at the front and lead by their actions. Hiding in your office or mysteriously traveling all the time on unknown missions are sure ways to cause the focus of your team to disperse.
I don't mean to harp on this, but it's like the networks are a how-to manual for terrorists. You see them on the news. This reporter is standing outside a water treatment plant, going, 'If they poured the poison here it could wipe out thousands because the guard is off duty from noon until 1 every day!'