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Poor Faulkner. Does he really think big emotions come from big words? He thinks I don't know the ten-dollar words. read more
Poor Faulkner. Does he really think big emotions come from big words? He thinks I don't know the ten-dollar words. I know them all right. But there are older and simpler and better words, and those are the ones I use.
The true meaning of religion is thus not simply morality, but morality touched by emotion.
The true meaning of religion is thus not simply morality, but morality touched by emotion.
The emotions aren't always immediately subject to reason, but they are always immediately subject to action
The emotions aren't always immediately subject to reason, but they are always immediately subject to action
There is always something ridiculous about the emotions of people whom one has ceased to love.
There is always something ridiculous about the emotions of people whom one has ceased to love.
The fewer facts you have in support of an opinion, the stronger your emotional attachment to that opinion.
The fewer facts you have in support of an opinion, the stronger your emotional attachment to that opinion.
Music is the shorthand of emotion.
Music is the shorthand of emotion.
It is not because the truth is too difficult to see that we make mistakes... we make mistakes because the read more
It is not because the truth is too difficult to see that we make mistakes... we make mistakes because the easiest and most comfortable course for us is to seek insight where it accords with our emotions - especially selfish ones.
The heart is half a prophet.
The heart is half a prophet.
Wit is the epitaph of an emotion.
Wit is the epitaph of an emotion.
