As a general rule, do not kick the shins of the opposite gentleman under the table, if personally unaquainted with him; your pleas...antry is liable to be misunderstood--a circumstance at all times unpleasant.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Last season's fruit is eaten And the fullfed beast shall kick the empty pail.... For last year's words belong to last year's language And next year's words await another voice.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The obvious parallels between Star Wars and The Wizard of Oz have frequently been noted: in both there is the orphan hero who is r...aised on a farm by an aunt and uncle and yearns to escape to adventure. Obi-wan Kenobi resembles the Wizard; the loyal, plucky little robot R2D2 is Toto; C3PO is the Tin Man; and Chewbacca is the Cowardly Lion. Darth Vader replaces the Wicked Witch: this is a patriarchy rather than a matriarchy.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The first month of his absence I was numb and sick... And where he'd left his promise Life did not turn or kick. The seed, the seed of love was sick.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Kipling, the grandson of a Methodist preacher, reveals the tin-pot evangelist with increasing clarity as youth and its ribaldries ...pass away and he falls back upon his fundamentals.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
You want to be free and break new ground, speak your mind, fear no man, have the neighbours acknowledge that you're a good man; an...d at the same time you want to be a success, make money, join the country club, get the votes and kick the other man in the teeth and off the ladder.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »