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The male orientation of classical Athens was inseparable from its genius. Athens became great not despite but because of its misogyny.

fond," one catty countess recalled, "with diamonds scattered

You're a woman, women are pigs.You pig-woman* Well,that Miss Federal Pigs to you*

overhead with an eye on the horrid banquet." In the silence, with the full brunt of

As Bliss declared victory, Bell struggled with a nagging sense of unease.

It's probably those lactose-intolerant freaks. We all know there's nothing cool about intolerance.

Hey, there!" yelled Shinny. "You, with the asteroid head! Gimme a short bucket of that juice and bring a bottle of Martian fizz along with it!" The bartender nodded, and Shinny turned back to Roger. "Martian fizz is nothing more than a little water with sugar in it," he explained.

Evangelical theology is heretical if it is only creative and unworthy if it is only repetitious

Great talents are the most lovely and often the most dangerous fruits on the tree of humanity. They hang upon the most slender twigs that are easily snapped off.

Humor can be an incredible lacerating and effective weapon. And that is the way I use it.

You from the IRS? The man's voice was deep and wet, like mud slipping down a drain.

At the moment I am looking into astrology, which seems indispensable for a proper understanding of mythology. There are strange and wondrous things in these lands of darkness. Please, don't worry about my wanderings in these infinitudes. I shall return laden with rich booty for our knowledge of the human psyche.

And why do we worship hindsight (as in the news media's constant rehash of the day, the week, the year) and yet distrust foresight, which actually might make a difference in our lives?

No matter what their choice of music, in the lives of too many teenagers, recognition is more meaningful than accomplishment

Ernest Becker writes, "The urge to heroism is natural, and to admit it honest. For everyone to admit it would probably release such pent-up force as to be devastating to society." Well

Information Anxiety, Richard Saul

By extension, River was Moses, already they were casting him as a future prophet

His parents saw him as their savior, Martha Plimpton observed. And treated him like the father.

link together the other two Ps—prevention and protection—because they almost always occur at the same time. Here's the bottom line on prevention and protection:

Go back to your ghost , I hear Bryn telling me. But she has it wrong. Bryn is the one who's been living with the ghost-the specter of a man who never stopped loving someone else.

Everyone takes a turn, and when it gets to me, I shout out what Jewish people say at times like this: "L'chaim!" "It means 'to life,'" I explain. And as I say it, I think that maybe this is what I was saying a prayer for back in the cathedral. To life.

She's generous as an oil baron and loyal as a pit bull.

You Americans are so violent. I'm Dutch. The worst I will do is run her over with a bicycle.

She shakes her head. "You can't give homes to every stray out there." She says this like people are constantly knocking down our door for a nice, dry, warm place to stay, when, in fact, we are the strays.