I ask myself: what are my views on death, the next world, God? I look into my mind and discover I am too much of a mannikin to hav...e any. As for death, I am a little bit of trembling jelly of anticipation. I am prepared for anything, but I am the complete agnostic; I simply don't know. To have views, faith, beliefs, one needs a backbone. This great bully of a universe overwhelms me. The stars make me cower. I am intimidated by the immensity surrounding my own littleness. It is futile and presumptuous for me to opine anything about the next world. But I hope for something much freer and more satisfying after death, for emancipation of the spirit and above all for the obliteration of this puny self, this little, skulking, sharp-witted ferret.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The wisest thing a parent can do is to let preschool children figure out themselves how to draw the human figure, or solve a whole... range of problems, from overcoming Saturday-morning boredom to dealing with a neighborhood bully. But even while standing on the sidelines, parents can frequently offer support in helping children discover what they want to accomplish.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Whatever qualities [Tsar Nicholas I] may have shown in his own kingly profession, it must be admitted that in his dealings with th...e Russian Muse he was at the worst a vicious bully, at the best a clown.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Jesus: Senor, the widow Gomez delivered a son this morning, a boy. Guthrie McCabe: Bully for the widow Gomez.... Jesus: But Senor, it has been more than a year ago since Senor Antonio Gomez has been buried in the church house. McCabe: Well, there's some men y'a just can't trust to stay where you put 'em.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Music is a good thing; and after all that soul-butter and hogwash, I never see it freshen up things so, and sound so honest and bu...lly.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Young women especially have something invested in being nice people, and it's only when you have children that you realise you're ...not a nice person at all, but generally a selfish bully.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
... if we can imagine the art of fiction come alive and standing in our midst, she would undoubtedly bid us to break her and bully... her, as well as honour and love her, for so her youth is renewed and her sovereignty assured.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Morgan: From tonight you shall get a penny for every mark on your face, sixpence for a bloody nose, a shilling for a black eye, an...d two shillings for a broken nose. Mrs. Morgan: Gwilym, stop it. (To Huw) Fight again and when you come home not another look will you get from me. Not another word. Break your nose, then. Break your mother's heart every time you go from the house.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »