Lloyd: That bitter cynicism of yours is something you've acquired since you left Radcliffe. Karen: That cynicism you refer to... I acquired the day I discovered I was different from little boys.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Karen: I never knew it could be like this. Nobody ever kissed me the way you do. Sergeant Warden: Nobody?... Karen: No, nobody. Sergeant Warden: Not even one? Out of all the men you've been kissed by? Karen: Well, that would take some figuring. How many men do you think there've been? Sergeant Warden: I wouldn't know. Can't you give me a rough estimate? Karen: Not without an adding machine.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
... what is especially insufferable in a woman is a restless, bold, domineering manner, for this manner goes against nature.... [e...llipsis in source] No matter what her worth, no matter that she never forgets that she could be a man by virtue of her superiority of mind and the force of her will, on the outside she must be a woman! She must present herself as that creature made to please, to love to seek support, that being who is inferior to man and who approaches the angels.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
I don't believe in evil, I believe only in horror. In nature there is no evil, only an abundance of horror: the plagues and the bl...ights and the ants and the maggots.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
What is man, when you come to think upon him, but a minutely set, ingenious machine for turning, with infinite artfulness, the red... wine of Shiraz into urine?LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
I do not know if you remember the tale of the girl who saves the ship under mutiny by sitting on the powder barrel with her lighte...d torch ... and all the time knowing that it is empty? This has seemed to me a charming image of the women of my time. There they were, keeping the world in order ... by sitting on the mystery of life, and knowing themselves that there was no mystery.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Tony Camonte: Hey, what's all the time bitin' you? You afraid of me? Poppy: Well, that outfit is enough to give anybody the y...ips.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Is not the tremendous strength in men of the impulse to creative work in every field precisely due to their feeling of playing a r...elatively small part in the creation of living beings, which constantly impels them to an overcompensation in achievement?LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Establishing limits, structure, rules, and expectations takes self-confidence on the part of parents. Parents need to recognize th...at they are the legitimate authority figures in their households and feel secure in that role.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »