Out of curiosity, when do I grow up and become a fullfledgedman with a penis?”“When words like ‘hump day’ don’t make you giggle like atwelve-year-old,” he retorted, blowing smoke my way.“Wow, that long?

Schoolboys are a merciless race, individually they are angels, but together, especially in schools, they are often merciless.

My whole family is lactose intolerant and when we take pictures we can't say cheese.

Any government will work if authority and responsibility are equal and coordinate. This does not insure “good” government, it simply insures that it will work. But such governments are rare — most people want to run things, but want no part of the blame.

Self is found in knowledge, devotion and concentration, in integrity, purity, moderation, self-control and intelligence.

It was not apathy or passiveness. For him, prayer was a display of the strongest possible activity.

Not even ten additional years of slavery could have done so much to throttle the thrift of the freedmen as the mismanagement and bankruptcy of the series of savings banks chartered by the Nation for their especial aid.

If someone tells me that I've hurt their feelings, I say, 'I'm still waiting to hear what your point is.

The Proclaimers thunder through my head.Imagine it.Imagine killing someone to the tune of two Scottish nerds wearing glasses and flattop haircuts. How will I ever listen to that song again? What will I do if it comes on the radio? I'll think of the night

...and his eyes had that splendid innocence, that opaque blue candour of the satanically fallen. ~ The French Lieutenant’s Woman

I often marvel how it is that though each man loves himself beyond all else he should yet value his own opinion of himself less than that of others.

There is no good arguing with the inevitable. The only argument available with an east wind is to put on your overcoat.