Nature never did betray the heart that loved her.
He had no strength for any other war than his own solitary struggle to keep alive.
The Roman Catholic Church has the unique power of keeping remote control over human souls which have once been part of her. G. K. Chesterton has compared this to the fisherman's line, which allows the fish the illusion of free play in the water and yet has him by the hook; in his own time the fisherman by a 'twitch upon the thread' draws the fish to land.
Words have basic inalienable meanings, departure from which is either conscious metaphor or inexcusable vulgarity.
We are American at puberty. We die French.
For in that city [New York] there is neurosis in the air which the inhabitants mistake for energy.
I can't bare you when you're not amusing.
Being born, especially being born a person of color, is a political act in itself.
So many things I had thought forgotten Return to my mind with stranger pain: Like letters that arrive addressed to someone Who left the house so many years ago.
When it comes to the internet, when it comes to the United States' technical economy, we have more to lose than any other nation on earth.
The first time I tried to put a new diaper on my baby, I yanked the little Velcro strap too jerkily and actually punched the little guy in the jaw. A real solid shot, too. I knew instinctively that this could not be correct. Unless you're specifically trying to raise a welterweight, continual deliverance of powerful uppercuts is not advised when handling newborns.