The English language is like London: proudly barbaric yet deeply civilised, too, common yet royal, vulgar yet processional, sacred yet profane. Each sentence we produce, whether we know it or not, is a mongrel mouthful of Chaucerian, Shakespearean, M...
People said things to me like "They're just animals. They're here for our use." I had a visceral reaction to that phrase, maybe because I was told countless times during my growing-up years that I was "just like an animal." I had suffered much of my ...
Imagine you had a friend who was there for you all the time and you were there for them, but they stopped being there for you as much as they used to which you can understand a little because people have things to do, but then they’re around less a...
This time of year," she said, "people’s consciences gnaw at them. They give away truckloads of canned goods and quote Dickens and wring their hands over the ‘less fortunate.’" We boarded the Metro and took seats perpendicular to each other. "Bu...
You have people out here trying to tell you to accept imperfections and that nobody is perfect (except for a dead/make-believe entity?) but if you are telling yourself that you are not perfect, aren't you downgrading your own character? Why would you...
Death was not the scariest thing out there; no, the denial of it could be far worse.
A figure stood at the far end, cloaked in black and beckoning him.
It is far harder to kill a phantom than a reality.
We must endure the present circumstances for a far greater future.
I can remember back as far as age 8, performing with the Boston Folk Song Society. It was a Woody Guthrie song.
Because the stuff that they feed kids now, they'll have a bunch of idiots in the next millennium as far as art and culture is concerned.
Contrary to general belief, an artist is never ahead of his time but most people are far behind theirs.
Art school had taught me it was far better to be a flamboyant failure than any kind of benign success.
The artist's world is limitless. It can be found anywhere, far from where he lives or a few feet away. It is always on his doorstep.
No surprise here: Pop music is by far the most conservative art form there is.
Art is not in some far-off place. A work of art is the expression of a man's whole personality, sensibility and ability.
If someone said 'diametrically,' could 'opposed' be far behind?
If you feel far from God, guess who moved?
I'm not courting death; I've far too many books left to read.
...It is far more sinful to pray irregularly than not to pray at all.
Science only goes so far, then comes God. - Noah Calhoun-
