"No one has really ever defined what a friend is."

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Source : Interview with Robert Birnbaum, www.identitytheory.com. August 31, 2003.

Joseph Epstein

“Everything a gay man does makes a political statement. Everything matters: where you bank, where you shop, where you eat. When you hold your loverâ€™s hand in public”
“Treat your friend as if he might become an enemy.”
“Assume a virtue if you have it not.”
“The style, which is something I take to heart, is getting on my nerves horribly. It frustrates and torments me. I have days when Iam sick about it and nights when it gives me a fever. The more I go at it the more I find myself incapable of conveying the Idea.”
“People can smell the bullshit and see through the curtains. People know when something's real and when something isn't, and when some dude really means what he's saying or singing, or when he doesn't.”
“Oh noes, kitteh haz major angriez!â€ I said. I turned around to share a laugh with my companions and found them glaring at me. â€œWhat?â€ I asked. Leif shook a finger and said in a low, menacing tone, â€œIf you tell me I have to talk like an illiterate halfwit to fit into this society, I will punch you.â€ â€œAnd Iâ€™ll pull out your goatee,â€ Gunnar added. â€œLolcat iz new happeh wai 2 talk,â€ I explained to them. â€œU doan haz 2 be kitteh 2 speek it.”
“One should connect language learning with either work or leisure. And not at the expense of them but to supplement them.”
“Good habits, which bring our lower passions and appetites under automatic control, leave our natures free to explore the larger experiences of life. Too many of us divide and dissipate our energies in debating actions which should be taken for granted.”

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