To write weekly, to write daily, to write shortly, to write for busy people catching trains in the morning or for tired people coming home in the evening, is a heartbreaking task for men who know good writing from bad. They do it, but instinctively draw out of harm's way anything precious that might be damaged by contact with the public, or anything sharp that might irritate its skin. The Common Reader
Everything in the world is about sex except sex. Sex is about power. Lying Fully Clothed
Beware of the man who does not return your blow: he neither forgives you nor allows you to forgive yourself. Maxim for Revolutionists
Food production was indirectly a prerequisite for the development of guns, germs, and steel. Hence geographic variation in whether, or when, the peoples of different continents became farmers and herders explains to a large extent their subsequent contrasting fates. Guns, Germs And Steel
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