"Teenage boys, goaded by their surging hormones run in packs like the primal horde. They have only a brief season of exhilarating liberty between control by their mothers and control by their wives."

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Source : Camille Paglia (2011). “Sex, Art, and American Culture: Essays”, p.24, Vintage

Camille Paglia

#Mother Quotes #Running Quotes #Teenage Quotes

“You should play with real musicians; the best music comes from real people interacting with each other.”
“We always look at the margin of safety in the balance sheet and then worry about the business.”
“We are apt to say that a foreign policy is successful only when the country, or at any rate the governing class, is united behind it. In reality, every line of policy is repudiated by a section, often by an influential section, of the country concerned. A foreign minister who waited until everyone agreed with him would have no foreign policy at all.”
“A lot of people hate heroes. I was criticized for portraying people who are brave, honest, loving, intelligent. That was called weak and sentimental. People who dismiss all real emotion as sentimentality are cowards. Theyâ€™re afraid to commit themselves, and so they remain â€˜coolâ€™ for the rest of their lives, until theyâ€™re deadâ€”then theyâ€™re really cool.”
“Fictional characters exist in only two places, neither of which is on the printed page. They exist, first, in the mind of the writer and, second, in the mind of the reader.”
“Love is illegal - but not hate. That you can do anywhere, anytime, to anybody. But if you want a little warmth, a little tenderness, a shoulder to cry on, a smile to cuddle up with, you have to hide in dark corners, like a criminal.”

Source : "Fictional character: Moustache". "Irma la Douce", www.imdb.com. 1963.
“I have no enemies. But my friends don't like me.”

Source : Philip Larkin (1989). “Philip Larkin: the man and his work”, Univ of Iowa Pr
“This June, I'll travel once again to the Food and Wine Magazine Classic in Aspen, Colorado. For many years, my dear friend Julia Child and I have teamed up to teach classes together at the event; for the past seven years, my daughter, Claudine, has been my cooking partner on stage.”

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