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Sir Trevor Fitzwilliam, baronet, of Blackcliff Hall," he said, "at your service. And you would be?" "Unconvinced," Gwen said.

I am surrounded by wonderful women, thought Joe. Whoever said that stuff about a monstrous regiment got it wrong. Must have meant wondrous!

tyro psychiatrist who provided the topic for a great deal of their conversation.

Well, it's not easy to stand alone against the ridicule of others. He gambled for support and I gave it to him.

It is said that resentment is like drinking poison and waiting for your enemy to die. There is no room for such a waste of energy in the service of God.

Power," said Henry Adams, "is poison"; and it is a poison which blinds the eyes of moral insight and lames the will of moral purpose. The

Of all the sexual aberrations, perhaps the most peculiar is chastity.

The roses of old time have filled the well. Is it there that you have been hiding, my sweet love?

There is no need to allege that Descartes sat in or on a stove. A poêle is simply a room heated by an earthenware stove. Cf. E. Gilson, Discours de la méthode: texte et commentaire, 4th edition (Paris: Vrin, 1967), p. 157.

Obey your pigs who exist; I obey my gods who do not.

Instead of reorganizing the demoniac, rearranging it a bit, like a psychoanalyst, you do away with it entirely.

we imitate the detached generosity of God, then the trap of mimetic rivalries will never close over us.

Let us note in this regard a rather interesting formulation cited by Valli: in all medieval (as opposed to modern) art, 'what is at stake is the incarnation of an idea, not the idealization of a reality';

It is curious to see how a science as 'positivist' as modern astronomy can occasion such extravagant daydreams

Cela ne m'étonne guère, car, au point de vue technique, l'ignorance de tous ces gens, à commencer par Frithjof Schuon lui-même, est véritablement effrayante…

The essential point of view advanced here is this: the stability of every living being, as of every structurally stable form, rests, in the last analysis, on a for- mal structure—in fact, a geometrical object—whose biochemical realization is the living being.

Regrets?" Diane asked cheerfully. She made a gusty little sandwich out of crackers and cheese.

The word "wilderness" occurs approximately three hundred times in the Bible, and all its meanings are derogatory.

I hate weekends because there is no stock market.

Whatever, at least I'll be able to get a drink. Stella, you might want to join me when you're finished because Lord knows your struggle-boyfriend can't afford to buy you a glass of water." Then she sashayed off.

We hardly find traces of information about their presence. One didn't take notice of the dogs, because their presence was taken for granted.

Thy gentleness hath made me great" (2 Samuel 22:36, Authorized Version). Where in the whole Bible do we have a more magnificent paradox than that which associates greatness with gentleness?

The Linda Ronstadt pitch: Blue Bayou (blew by you)

Miles, it's only morning and you're already drunk." "No, I'm not," I weakly protested. "I'm just thirsty.