But a dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to turn around three times before lying down--very important traits in times l...ike these. In fact, just as soon as a dog comes along who, in addition to these qualities, also knows when to buy and sell stocks, he can be moved right up to the boy's bedroom and the boy can sleep in the dog house.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Bias, point of view, fury--are they ... so dangerous and must they be ironed out of history, the hills flattened and the contours ...leveled? The professors talk ... about passion and point of view in history as a Calvinist talks about sin in the bedroom.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
No one attaches a transcendent meaning to the "errors" of comedy, much less of farce. Mistaken identities, misunderstandings about... what some character said or meant, mistakes about bedroom doors--these help to complicate the plot and are all part of the fun. On the level of farce, Oedipus was mistaken about the identity of his parents, he misunderstood the true significance of what the oracle said, and he went into the wrong bedroom.... The difference in tragedy is that the errors are fatal and that, although they can be dissipated at the end, their consequences cannot.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Odors from decaying food wafting through the air when the door is opened, colorful mold growing between a wet gym uniform and the ...damp carpet underneath, and the complete supply of bath towels scattered throughout the bedroom can become wonderful opportunities to help your teenager learn once again that the art of living in a community requires compromise, negotiation, and consensus.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
A writer is in danger of allowing his talent to dull who lets more than a year go past without finding himself in his rightful pla...ce of composition, the small single unluxurious "retreat" of the twentieth century, the hotel bedroom.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
When you take a light perspective, it's easier to step back and relax when your child doesn't walk until fifteen months, . . . is ...not interested in playing ball, wants to be a cheerleader, doesn't want to be a cheerleader, has clothes strewn in the bedroom, has difficulty making friends, hates piano lessons, is awkward and shy, reads books while you are driving through the Grand Canyon, gets caught shoplifting, flunks Spanish, has orange and purple hair, or is lesbian or gay.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
After decades of unappreciated drudgery, American women just don't do housework any more--that is, beyond the minimum that is requ...ired in order to clear a path from the bedroom to the front door so they can get off to work in the mourning.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
They listen for me in the bedroom To ask me a thing or two... About who is too old to go walking, With too much stress on the who.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Behind her was confusion in the room, Of chairs turned upside down to sit like people... In other chairs, and something, come to look, For every room a house has parlor, bedroom, And dining room thrown pell-mell in the kitchen.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »