Even their insistence on educating their children, the last reflex of any exploited group before it sank into submission, marked the end of their resistance.

They thrived on the rapid turnover of acquaintances, the lack of involvement with others, and the total self-sufficiency of lives which, needing nothing, were never dissapointed.

In effect, the apartment block was a small vertical city, its two thousand inhabitants boxed up into the sky.j.g.

Togetherness is beating up an empty elevator.

He methodically basted the dark skin of the Alsatian, which he had stuffed with garlic and herbs."One rule in life", he murmured to himself. "If you can smell garlic, everything is all right".

this was an environment built, not for man, but for man's absence.

The most empowering relationships are those in which each partner lifts the other to a higher possession of their own being.

I cannot stress often enough that what science is all about is not proving things to be true but proving them to be false.

Most archivists don't like surprises. That's why we work in the past.

The difference between PR and social media is that PR is about positioning, and social media is about becoming, being and improving.

I appear wild on the outside, but I'm a conservative businessman.

My intention in making a comment about the importance of breastfeeding has nothing to do with the law. It comes from my passion and beliefs about children.

Today you may write a chapter on the advantages of traveling, and tomorrow you may write another chapter on the advantages of not traveling.

Sailing has given me some of the most pleasant and exciting moments of my life. It also has taught me something of the courage, resourcefulness, and strength of men who sail the seas in ships.

I had such an intense relationship to every person. I still see people on the street and we lock eyes, and say "Oh my god!" and we just kiss and stay like that and sometimes cry.

Trust is almost always conditional, focused, qualified, and therefore limited.