Let a man (as most men do) rate themselves as the highest Value they can; yet their true Value is no more than it is esteemed by others.
It is tedious to tell again tales already plainly told.
We are quick to flare up, we races of men on the earth.
Be strong, saith my heart; I am a soldier; I have seen worse sights than this.
Beauty! Terrible Beauty! A deathless Goddess-- so she strikes our eyes!
I'm a white male, age 18 to 49. Everyone listens to me, no matter how dumb my suggestions are.
For I am yearning to visit the limits of the all-nurturing Earth, and Oceans, from whom the gods are sprung.
Ask the right questions, and the answers will always reveal themselves
Fiction, poetry, music. . . these are the places (for me) where loneliness is countenanced, stared down, transfigured, treated.
The lax multiculturalism that urges Americans to accept the unacceptable from their fellow citizens is one of this nation's greatest vulnerabilities in the war on terror.
I do think that the birth of my daughter was sort of a rebirth for me. It made me look at life in a completely new way. And that made me appreciate life in a way I don't think I ever had before.