I am fairly tired--bored beyond endurance--by the world we live in, and its ideals, and am ready to say so, not violently, but kin...dly, as one rubs salt into the back of a flogged sailor as though one loved him.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
But what is Hope? Nothing but the paint on the face of Existence; the least touch of truth rubs it off, and then we see what a hol...low-cheeked harlot we have got hold of.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Cat-lovers will no doubt point out that the elegance and dignity of cats are the consequence of their sojourn in the temples of th...e gods, where their attitudes and movements were regarded as divine prognostications. Be that as it may, it is obvious that the cat's wealth of expressions make it an ideal candidate for such a role. Unlike the dog, which either wags its tail or does not wag its tail, the cat possesses a wide range of means to convey its emotions: It arches its back, makes its fur stand on end, meows, rubs itself against furniture and against humans, purrs, lashes its tail, spits, and hisses. The priests of Bacht, therefore, had ample material for interpretation.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
In the gingham-mill, a broken thread or a shred spool spoils the web through a piece of a hundred yards, and is traced back to the... girl that wove it, and lessens her wages. The stockholder, on being shown this, rubs his hands with delight. Are you so cunning Mr. Profitloss, and do you expect to swindle your master and employer, in the web you weave? A day is more magnificent cloth than any muslin, the mechanism that makes it is infinitely cunninger, and you shall not conceal the sleazy, fraudulent, rotten hours you have slipped into the piece, nor fear that any honest thread, or straighter steel, or more inflexible shaft, will not testify in the web.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Being blunt with your feelings is very American. In this big country, I can be as brash as New York, as hedonistic as Los Angeles,... as sensuous as San Francisco, as brainy as Boston, as proper as Philadelphia, as brawny as Chicago, as warm as Palm Springs, as friendly as my adopted home town of Dallas, Fort Worth, and as peaceful as the inland waterway that rubs up against my former home in Virginia Beach.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The first time many women hold their tiny babies, they are apt to feel as clumsy and incompetent as any man. The difference is tha...t our culture tells them they're not supposed to feel that way. Our culture assumes that they will quickly learn how to be a mother, and that assumption rubs off on most women--so they learn.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »