After I went to bed I had a curious fancy as to dreams. In sleep the doors of the mind are shut, and thoughts come jumping in at t...he windows. They tumble headlong, and therefore are so disorderly and strange. Sometimes they are stout and light on their feet, and then they are rational dreams.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
... in general, the Anglo-Irish do not make good dancers; they are too spritely and conscious; they are incapable of one kind of t...rance or of being seemingly impersonal. And, for the formal, pure dance they lack the formality: about their stylishness (for they have stylishness) there is something impromptu, slightly disorderly.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Sleeping in a bed--it is, apparently, of immense importance. Against those who sleep, from choice or necessity, elsewhere society ...feels righteously hostile. It is not done. It is disorderly, anarchical.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
As our disorderly, competitive technological society is piling up its victims and constantly developing new problems of maladjustm...ent, we must use our scientific knowledge to determine the cause and prevention of suffering rather than putting all our emphasis on its alleviation ...LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
And in the next instant, immediately behind them, Victor saw his former wife. At once he lowered his gaze, automatically tap...ping his cigarette to dislodge the ash that had not yet had time to form. From somewhere low down his heart rose like a fist to deliver an uppercut, drew back, struck again, then went into a fast disorderly throb, contradicting the music and drowning it.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
A gathering of Democrats is more sweaty, disorderly, offhand, and rowdy than a gathering of Republicans; it is also likely to be m...ore cheerful, imaginative, tolerant of dissent, and skillful at the game of give-and-take. A gathering of Republicans is more respectable, sober, purposeful, and businesslike than a gathering of Democrats; it is also likely to be more self-righteous, pompous, cut-and-dried, and just plain boring.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
When I started out as a nurse I did so with the highest ideals.... But I found that steady work in my profession--like every woman...'s work in the world--depended upon the giving of myself.... Two-thirds of the physicians I met made a nurse's virtue the price of their influence in getting her steady work. Is it any wonder that I determined to become a member of this privileged sex, if possible?LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »