Kingsley Amis Was One Of A Trio

It's Good For The Soul To Hear Yourself As Others Hear You, And Next Time Maybe, Just Maybe, You Will Not Talk So Much, So Loudly, So Brilliantly, So Charmingly, So Utterly Shamelessly Foolishly.

Americans Treat History Like A Cookbook. Whenever They Are Uncertain What To Do Next, They Turn To History And Look Up The Proper Recipe, Invariably Designated "the Lesson Of History.

After That [father's Death] I Never Cried With Any Real Conviction, Nor Expected Much Of Anyone's God Except Indifference, Nor Loved Deeply Without Fear That It Would Cost Me Dearly In Pain. At The Age Of Five I Had Become A Skeptic And Began To Sense That Any Happiness That Came My Way Might Be The Prelude To Some Grim Cosmic Joke.

There Was Scarcely A Woman Alive, It Seemed, Who Could Resist The Urge To Haul Men Down Onto Beds, Car Seats, Kitchen Floors, Dining-room Tables, Park Grass, Parlor Sofas, Or Packing Crates, Entwine Warm Thighs Around Them, And Pant In Ecstasy.

Inanimate Objects Can Be Classified Scientifically Into Three Major Categories: Those That Don't Work, Those That Break Down And Those That Get Lost.