In the nineteenth century ... explanations of who and what women were focused primarily on reproductive events--marriage, children..., the empty nest, menopause. You could explain what was happening in a woman's life, it was believed, if you knew where she was in this reproductive cycle.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The time is perhaps not altogether too green for the vile suggestion that art has nothing to do with clarity, does not dabble in t...he clear and does not make clear, and more than the light of day (or night) makes the subsolar, -lunar, and -stellar excrement. Art is the sun, moon, and stars of the mind, the whole mind.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
I am prisoner of a gaudy and unlivable present, where all forms of human society have reached an extreme of their cycle and there ...is no imagining what new forms they may assume.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Although my parents have never been the kind to hint around about grandchildren, I can think of no better tribute to them than giv...ing them some.... I can't help thinking that the cycle is not complete until I can introduce them to a child of their child. And I can think of no better comfort when they are gone than to know that something of them lives on, not only in me but in my children.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
On the day that will always belong to you, lunar clockwork had faltered... and I was certain. Walking the streets of Manhattan I thought: Remember this day. I felt already like an urn, filling with wine.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The endless cycle of idea and action, Endless invention, endless experiment,... Brings knowledge of motion, but not of stillness; Knowledge of speech, but not of silence; Knowledge of words, and ignorance of the Word. All our knowledge brings us nearer to our ignorance.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Nor does the family even move about together, But every son would have his motor cycle,... And daughters ride away on casual pillions.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
No society can survive without children. The rhetoric that holds children to be our greatest national resource is true, but the re...ality is that we do little to demonstrate any conviction of its truth. Becoming a parent and being a "good," concerned, and attentive parent may be the most significant contribution any adult can make to our society--and ultimately to the gross national product and to the future of the society.... Surely, it is time to acknowledge the contribution parents make in bearing, caring for, and rearing future generations of citizens, workers, and parents--even if they share personally in the rewards of having children. Surely, parenting is a life cycle stage warranting support at its inception and as an ongoing process by a society that needs and wants children.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »