Marya Mannes (November 14, 1904 – September 13, 1990) was an American author and critic, known for her caustic but insightful observations of American life. Mannes also wrote under the pen name of, "Sec."
Flirtation is merely an expression of considered desire coupled with an admission of its impracticability.
It is television's primary damage that it provides ten million children with the same fantasy, ready-made and on a platter.
Infants are interesting only to their parents.
The real demon is success-the anxieties engendered by this quest are relentless, degrading, corroding. What is worse, there is no end to this escalation of desire.
Is there no end to this escalation of desire?