Good Writin' Ain't Necessarily Good Readin'.

There's Shames A Man Can Never Reason Away, Though He Looks Back And Piles Up Reasons Over Them Forty Dozen Deep. And Maybe Those Are The Shames A Man Never Should Reason Away.

There's No Disgrace In Failing, Lad, Though Friends And Foes Deride; In Fact, A Failure's Not So Bad As Never Having Tried.

But If The Strength Ain't Real, I Recall Thinking The Very Last Thing That Day, Before I Finally Passed Out, Then The Weakness Sure Enough Is. Weakness Is True And Real. I Used To Accuse The Kid Of Faking His Weakness. But Faking Proves The Weakness Is Real. Or You Wouldn't Be So Weak As To Fake It. No, You Can't Ever Fake Being Weak. You Can Only Fake Being Strong. . .

Men Are Forever Eager To Press Drink Upon Those They Consider Their Superiors, Hoping Thereby To Eliminate That Distinction Between Them.... And Women, When Confronted By Superiors, Substitute For Drink The Crippling Liquor Of Their Sex.

Anti-drug Fanatics And Cops Are The Criminals - It's Like Mccarthyism. They Need Someone To Dislike To Distract The Public From The Really Important Problems.