Men Often Compete With One Another Until

A Mountain With A Wolf On It Stands A Little Taller.

Henry David Thoreau, Who Never Earned Much Of A Living Or Sustained A Relationship With Any Woman That Wasn't Brotherly -- Who Lived Mostly Under His Parents' Roof . . . Who Advocated One Day's Work And Six Days "off" As The Weekly Round And Was Considered A Bit Of A Fool In His Hometown . . . Is Probably The American Writer Who Tells Us Best How To Live Comfortably With Our Most Constant Companion, Ourselves.

Many Divorces Are Not Really The Result Of Irreparable Injury But Involve, Instead, A Desire On The Part Of The Man Or Woman To Shatter The Setup, Start Out From Scratch Alone, And Make Life Work For Them All Over Again. They Want The Risk Of Disaster, Want To Touch Bottom, See Where Bottom Is, And, Coming Up, To Breathe The Air With Relief And Relish Again.

Once I Climbed Into A Mountain Lion's Cage And She Bounded At Me And Put Her Paw On My Face, But She Kept Her Claws Withdrawn.

There Are Two Kinds Of Writers: Hustlers And Sanctimonious Hustlers.