Martyrdom Is Often The Result Of Excessive

Children, I Feel, Are As Much Entitled To Privacy As Human Beings.

Who Are We Really? Combinations Of Common Chemicals That Perform Mechanical Actions For A Few Years Before Crumbling Back Into The Original Components? Fresh New Souls, Drawn At Random For Some Celestial Cupboard Where God Keeps An Unending Supply?or The Same Soul, Immortal And Eternal, Refurbished And Reused Through Endless Lives, By That Thrifty Housekeeper? In Her Wisdom And Benevolence She Wipes Off The Memory Slates, As Part Of The Cleaning Process, Because If We Could Remember All The Things We Have Experienced In Earlier Lives, We Might Object To Risking It Again.

Nefret Had Always Had An Uncanny Ability To Read His Thoughts. 'did She Cry?' She Asked Sweetly. 'and Then You Kissed Her? You Shouldn't Have Done That. I'm Sure You Meant Well, But Kissing Someone Out Of Pity Is Always A Mistake.

When One Is Striding Bravely Into The Future One Cannot Watch One's Footing.

I Disapprove Of Matrimony As A Matter Of Principle.... Why Should Any Independent, Intelligent Female Choose To Subject Herself To The Whims And Tyrannies Of A Husband? I Assure You, I Have Yet To Meet A Man As Sensible As Myself! (amelia Peabody)