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“As a student of American culture, I am willing to argue that the Twist is a valid manifestation of the Age of Anxiety.”
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“Though I've turned 21, I don't drink. I'm an old hag now. I'm just an old fart.”
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“You aren't angry " "You must be joking " she said dryly. "I'm alive Nicholas. And I'm immortal like you. This rocks”
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“The WWII generation shares so many common values: duty, honor, country, personal responsibility and the marriage vow " For better or for worse--it was the last generation in which, broadly speaking, marriage was a commitment and divorce was not an option”
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“I think I got him hooked on climbing when I gave a slide show at Darmouth. So there's probably another mother out there who hates me.”
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“One cannot overestimate the power of a good rancorous hatred on the part of the stupid. The stupid have so much more industry and energy to expend on hating. They build it up like coral insects.”
Source : Sylvia Townsend Warner, Claire Harman (1994). “The diaries of Sylvia Townsend Warner”, Virago Pr
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“I don't really lift weights. It's kind of a vanity thing that I don't get into.”
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“We're [with Ilana Glazer] both totally upfront and proud feminists. We're not being all secretive about it. I feel like we're pretty blatant in our approach.”
Source : Source: www.ericspitznagel.com
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“The two party electoral system performs the essential function of helping to legitimate the existing social order.”
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“Through my LSD experience and my new picture of reality, I became aware of the wonder of creation, the magnificence of nature and of the animal and plant kingdom. I became very sensitive to what will happen to all this and all of us.”
Source : "Stanislav Grof interviews Dr. Albert Hofmann Esalen Institute, Big Sur, California". Interview With Stanislav Grof, www.maps.org. 1984.