Quotes of: Capitol-hill Keyword

The question of what exactly we remember when we listen to old recordings, or whether it can be called remembering at all, becomes less and less answerable over a lifetime.

Sonata for Jukebox: An Autobiography of My Ears

The Al Saud believe they have an asset more powerful than the ballot box: they have Allah.

On Saudi Arabia: Its People, Past, Religion, Fault Lines - and Future

Good morning, God. Another beautiful day. I'm still here, and so is the sun. Thank you. Right, now let's get down to business.

Sin Boldly: A Field Guide for Grace

Study God’s word to show thyself approved and be prepared for the tests that we are given. They make our faith stronger and our character more mature, so that our lives better glorify the Lord.

Standing at the Top of the Hill

I've never felt as happy as I've been for the past month. And I've never loved anyone like I love you right now.

The Sorceress from Beverly Hills

Jason, I love you and you cannot escape from it. Even if you could, I would never let you go.

The Sorceress from Beverly Hills

To the extent that experience is the sum of our memories and wisdom the sum of experience, having a better memory would mean knowing not only more about the world, but also more about myself.

Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything

Over the last few millennial, we've invented a series of technologies … that have made it progressively easier and easier for us to externalize our memories, for us to outsource this fundamental human capacity.

Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything

I find it strange that practicing law in a comfortable well-heated office is considered too demanding an occupation for women, yet laboring from dawn's first light in crowded, drafty, ill-lit sweatshops is not.

Murder on Nob Hill

Evening of a hot day started the little wind to moving among the leaves. The shade climbed up the hills toward the top. On the sand banks the rabbits sat as quietly as little gray, sculptured stones.

Of Mice and Men

The best man day in the world would involve building a bridge and then blowing up that bridge. Which is why you can't make a better man movie than , unless you make .

Man Made: A Stupid Quest for Masculinity

The fear of blacks has become the dirty little secret of our political culture.

The Norman Podhoretz Reader: A Selection of His Writings from the 1950s Through the 1990s

…depressive realism. Depression is not the near death experience described by so many, [Kayla Dunn] suggests, but a rebirth in which the new psyche has removed self-delusion. Compared with so-called healthy individuals, depressives are more realist...

Out of the Blue

Does God think that, because it is raining, I am not going to destroy the world? - Lope de Aguirre after going mad in the Amazon

The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon

People go entire lives without figuring out exactly what they want from life. You already have it, and the future you and your dad have planned out for you in going to take it away from you.

Let's Get Lost

The snow covered the two hills like vanilla frosting on two breasts. That’s what I thought then, because I was in love, and ready to sled down the icing on a birthday cake.


Love quotes for the ages. And the ageless sages.

If Mother had to be told not to shove the entire brick of Ivory up Junior's hindquarters, constipation is the least of his problems.

Mommy Knows Worst: Highlights from the Golden Age of Bad Parenting Advice

The main problem with mass media is that it makes it impossible to fall in love with any acumen of normalcy. There is no 'normal' because everybody is being twisted by the same sources simultaneously.

Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto

No…you can ask for a beautiful, witty, intelligent yet minxy woman in your arms every night, a mansion on a hill—or better yet in the sky—and the best bodyguards to protect you when someone does inevitably try to kill you. For starters.

Starshine

Let me tell you something, kid," said Mrs. H of Boston and Beacon Hill. "Magic is just a word for what's left to the powerless once everyone else has eaten their fill.

Six-Gun Snow White

From time to time, you may see a girl wearing her black opaque tights as pants. They are, in fact, not.

The One Hundred: A Guide to the Pieces Every Stylish Woman Must Own