Some of the most memorable, and least regrettable, nights of my own youth were spent in coon hunting with farmers. There is no denying that these activities contributed to the economy of farm households, but a further fact is that they were pleasures...
In the very act of writing I felt pleased with what I did. There was the pleasure of having words come to me, and the pleasure of ordering them, re-ordering them, weighing one against another. Pleasure also in the imagination of the story, the feelin...
Foulfellow: [he and Gideon have "diagnosed" Pinocchio's "condition"] My boy, you are *allergic.* Pinocchio: Allergic? Foulfellow: Yes, and there is only one cure: a vacation on Pleasure Island! Pinocchio: Pleasure Island? Foulfellow: Yes! [ge and Gid...
The pleasure of reading is the greatest solitude.
Admitting failure is quite cleansing, but never - pleasurable.
Novelty is the great parent of pleasure.
Boundaries are to protect life, not to limit pleasures.
If it ain't a pleasure, it ain't a poem.
God knows we all have to at least try to justify our behavior so we don't feel too guilty about it later.
Where questions of religion are concerned, people are guilty of every possible sort of dishonesty and intellectual misdemeanor.
The world is not looking for proof of Jesus Christ; the world knew everything about Jesus when they crucified him. The world is guilty. John 16:5-8.
You think of travellers as bold, but our guilty secret is that travel is one of the laziest ways on earth of passing the time.
It was the Communists, it was the Mexicans, it was the government. And the only people who acknowledged their guilt weren't guilty at all.
For those constantly full of joy, they sometimes feel a little guilty for always feeling so good. That guilt is compassion: it flies in with an attempt to share one's joy with others who do not have it.
If we could all drink ourselves to innocence, I’d be guilty. And I mean that in a way that I don’t mean that.
If you've had the right kind of education, it's amazing how many things you can find to feel guilty about.
He forced himself forward trying to seem innocent without acting like someone who was guilty who was trying to act innocent.
If the soul is left in darkness, sins will be committed. The guilty one is not he who commits the sin, but the one who causes the darkness. (Monseigneur Bienvenu in _Les Miserables_)
No, I thought. Not just Hell. Really, Heaven was just as guilty. What kind of group could advocate goodness and not allow its members to love?
I would be guilty only if I were innocent of working to destroy racism in my country.
The best thing about me is that I am generally very honest - not hurtfully honest, but honest. The worst thing about me is that everybody can make me feel guilty. I feel responsible about things that don't even concern me.
