John Sterling
John Sterling
near sharks swimming uncommon
It's not uncommon that sharks are all over the place and we're swimming right near them and we don't even know.
advance book break good great hearing word
Doctorows book is possible, ... Im hearing very good advance word on that one. It would be great to see something break through.
emotional leading-on elements
Emotion turning back on itself, and not leading on to thought or action, is the element of madness.
fighting men law
Language. By this we build pyramids, fight battles, ordain and administer laws, shape and teach religion, and knit man to man, cultivate each other, and ourselves.
lakes water speech
Speech is as a pump, by which we raise and pour out the water from the great lake of Thought,--whither it flows back again.
laughter self tears
Enthusiasm is grave, inward, self-controlled; mere excitement, outward, fantastic, hysterical, and passing in a moment from tears to laughter.
tyrants world affection
Of all the tyrants the world affords, our own affections are the fiercest lords.
duplicity dupes impossible
One dupe is as impossible as one twin.