Many a real genius is lost in the fictitious character of the Gentleman. I am the most inconsistent, changeable being so full of fits and starts.
I suppose I’m the one responsible for destroying myself.
It wasn't so much that I was afraid of the place itself, but I was afraid of the creatures who masqueraded as people.
My talent was the uncompromising ability to feel spite.
In order to induce the process of decay, water is necessary. I think that, in the case of women, men are the water.
A woman who does not know herself has no choice other than to live with other people’s evaluations. But no one can adapt perfectly to public opinion. And herein lies the source of their destruction.
I'm this superphilosophical kind of person. Stuck in a prison of abstract ideas and overpowering emotions, I have this personality that makes it really hard to survive.
Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition.
It appears to me (whether rightly or wrongly) that direct arguments against Christianity and theism produce hardly any effect on the public; It appears to me freedom of thought is best promoted by the gradual illumination of men's minds which follow[s] from the advance of science.
Everything in New Orleans was competitive. People would always be betting on who was the best and the greatest in everything. That's where the battles of music came in.
There is a new codeword going round school. DFS. It means 'desperate for sex. ' It sounds like you are talking about the furniture shop. For the record, I'm certainly DFS. In fact I am permanently shopping in DFS with no hope of getting out of the store.