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Wisdom

If to live is to progress if you are lucky from foolishness to wisdom then...

War

I think that the Cold War was an exceptional and unnecessary piece of cruelty.

Religion

In the traditional urban novel there is only survival or not. The suburban...

Nature

There can never be such a thing as a free market because it is human nature...

Nature

Is human nature basically good or evil? No economist can embark upon his...

Nature

English majors understand human nature better than economists do.

Mom

Mom was a smoker. My grandfather was a smoker. My aunts were smokers. My...

Mom

My mom was paranoid about my safety.

Marriage

In December 1998 I considered myself an expert on love. I was almost a year...

Home

When I came home for the summer after my first year of college I told my...

Future

I loved the house the way you would any new house because it is populated by...

Fear

The thing about Republicans is that they don't care so much about respect...

Fear

Respect and fear are two different things.

Experience

When a novel has 200 000 words then it is possible for the reader to...

Experience

I was an only child. I've known only children. From this experience I do...

Experience

In my experience there is only one motivation and that is desire. No...

Death

Somehow knowing that Alzheimer's is coming mocks all one's aspirations - to...

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