Had she been worth the blood, the cramped cries, the little stuttering bravado, The gradual dulling of those Negro eyes, ...>The sudden, overwhelming little-boyness in that barn?LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The bitterest creature under heaven is the wife who discovers that her husband's bravery is only bravado, that his strength is onl...y a uniform, that his power is but a gun in the hands of a fool.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Mothers tend to encourage their sons to run away and romp.... Mothers of little boys often complain that "There's no controlling h...im." "He's all over the place...." The complaints are tinged with more than a little pride at the boy's marvelous independence and masculine bravado. It's almost as though the mother enjoyed being overwhelmed by her spectacular conquering hero.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
'Tis no great valor to perish sword in hand, and bravado on lip; cased all in panoply complete. For even the alligator dies in his... mail, and the swordfish never surrenders. To expire, mild-eyed, in one's bed, transcends the death of Epaminondas.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
As boys without bonds to their fathers grow older and more desperate about their masculinity, they are in danger of forming gangs ...in which they strut their masculinity for one another, often overdo it, and sometimes turn to displays of fierce, macho bravado and even violence.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The final key to the way I promote is bravado. I play to people's fantasies. People may not always think big themselves, but they ...can still get very excited by those who do. That's why a little hyperbole never hurts.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
As young as I am, I have observed these three swashers. I am boy to them all three, but all they three, though they would .../>serve me, could not be man to me.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »