It is not however, adulthood itself, but parenthood that forms the glass shroud of memory. For there is an interesting quirk in th...e memory of women. At 30, women see their adolescence quite clearly. At 30 a woman's adolescence remains a facet fitting into her current self.... At 40, however, memories of adolescence are blurred. Women of this age look much more to their earlier childhood for memories of themselves and of their mothers. This links up to her typical parenting phase.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The work of art, just like any fragment of human life considered in its deepest meaning, seems to me devoid of value if it does no...t offer the hardness, the rigidity, the regularity, the luster on every interior and exterior facet, of the crystal.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Humankind has understood history as a series of battles because, to this day, it regards conflict as the central facet of life.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Just see how it glints and sparkles. Of course it is a nucleus and focus of crime. Every good stone is. They are the devil's pet b...aits. In larger and older jewels every facet may stand for a bloody deed....LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »