As a kid, I used to be equal parts drawn to and horrified of the circus. They would have these beautiful canvas posters for Lobster Boy, bearded women, and this and that.
What if freedom were the ability to make up our minds about what it was we wished to pursue, with whom we wished to pursue it, and what sort of commitments we wish to make to them in the process? Equality, then, would simply be a matter of guaranteei...
Why should her lover, just because he is male, be in a position to judge her against other women? Why must she need to know her position and hate needing to, and hate knowing? Why should his reply have such exaggerated power? And it does. He does not...
Sometimes I believe that love dies but hope springs eternal. Sometimes I believe that hope dies but love springs eternal. Sometimes I believe that sex plus guilt equals love, and sometimes I believe that sex plus guilt equals good sex. Sometimes I be...
He was telling her here, in this cellar, as he kissed her feet, he had understood love for the first time - not just from other people's words, but in his heart, in his blood. She was dearer to him than all his past, dearer to him than his mother, th...
I was interested when Mr. Morton talked in this manner, giving his thoughts on the way of the world. I knew that most men of his generation fumed at what they considered lack of propriety and dangerous freedom of modern young women, but Mr. Morton wa...
Where will it all end? In the destruction of all other command for the benefit of one alone - that of the state. In each man's absolute freedom from every family and social authority, a freedom the price of which is complete submission to the state. ...
I wasn't the best student. I wasn't stupid, but I wasn't paying a lot of attention.
It is a fraud to borrow what we are unable to pay.
October, that's when they pay off for playing ball.
Don't pay any attention to the critics - don't even ignore them.
Why pay a dollar for a bookmark? Why not use the dollar for a bookmark?
I was always working; it's just that no one was paying attention.
Being a nerd really pays off sometimes.
I don't like paying taxes, but I like sleeping at night.
Everyone wants the rich to pay more in taxes.
We pay taxes, and we help the city coffers.
I pay our nanny more than I'm earning.
The earth is hiring and the pay is your legacy.
Hypocrisy is the homage freedom pays to social convention.
The truth is, no one pays more tax than they have to.