"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."

-- Edward Hoagland

#Parent Quotes #One Day Quotes #Fool Quotes

“The President should spend his time going after the terrorists rather than sharing sensitive counter terrorism information with countries that sponsor terrorism.”
“There are other ways of showing someone you love them, such as fetching them out of Hell.”
“Thinking is learning all over again how to see, directing one's consciousness, making of every image a privileged place.”
“I have declared infinite worlds to exist beside this our earth. It would not be worthy of God to manifest Himself in less than an infinite universe.”
“Hope, deceitful as it is, carries us through life agreeably enough.”
“In their 30s women really start to live... they're not children anymore, and they're not just mothers.”
“These days... it's all vanilla sex for me.”
“Jay-bird don't rob his own nes'.”

Source : Joel Chandler Harris (2016). “Uncle Remus: His Songs and His Sayings”, p.116, Library of Alexandria

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