The writer has a grudge against society, which he documents with accounts of unsatisfying sex, unrealized ambition, unmitigated lo...neliness, and a sense of local and global distress. The square, overpopulation, the bourgeois, the bomb and the cocktail party are variously identified as sources of the grudge. There follows a little obscenity here, a dash of philosophy there, considerable whining overall, and a modern satirical novel is born.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
I am willing, for a money consideration, to test this physical strength, this nervous force, and muscular power with which I've be...en gifted, to show that they will bear a certain strain. If I break down, if my brain gives way under want of sleep, my heart ceases to respond to the calls made on my circulatory system, or the surcharged veins of my extremities burst--if, in short, I fall helpless, or it may be, dead on the track, then I lose my money.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
If the vice president thinks it's disgraceful for an unmarried woman to bear a child, and if he believes that a woman cannot adequ...ately raise a child without a father, then he'd better make sure that abortion remains safe and legal.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Learn to shrink yourself to the size of the company you are in. Take their tone, whatever it may be, and excell in it if you can; ...but never pretend to give the tone. A free conversation will no more bear a dictator than a free government will.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
I trust the time is coming, when the occupation of an instructer [sic] to children will be deemed the most honorable of human empl...oyment. If it is a drudgery to teach these little ones, then it is the duty of men to bear a part of that burthen; if it is a privilege and an honor, then we generously invite them to share that honor and privilege with us.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
A woman hostage will call a young thief "hero"... and look at him with love, even if she's lost her mind with grief because her family has been slaughtered. As far as virtues go, who can hold a grudge?LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
I bear a burden that might well try Men that do all by rule,... And what can I That am a wandering-witted fool But pray to God that He ease My great responsibilities?LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The angel said to her, "Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. And now, you will conceive in your womb and bea...r a son, and you will name him Jesus. He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give to him the throne of his ancestor David. He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there will be no end."LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
...Do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife, for the child conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. She will bear a son, and yo...u are to name him Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
He was as jealous of his power as an impotent lover of his mistress, without activity of mind enough to enjoy or exert it, but cou...ld not bear a share even in the appearances of it.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »