“moral indignation is a pleasure, often the only pleasure, in many lives. It's also one of the few pleasures people feel obliged to force on other people.” PeopleFeelsForcePleasureMoralMoralityObligedIndignationMoral Indignation Author:Barbara Holland
“Napping is too luxurious, too sybaritic, too unproductive, and it's free; pleasures for which we don't pay make us anxious. Besides, it seems to be a natural inclination. ... Fighting off natural inclinations is a major Puritan virtue, and nothing that feels that good can be respectable.” FeelsSeemsFightingNaturalSleepPleasurePayVirtueMajorsAnxiousInclinationRespectablePuritanLuxuriousUnproductive Author:Barbara Holland
“The larger the ego, the less the need for other egos around. The more modest, humble, and self-effacing we feel, the more we suffer from solitude, feeling ourselves inadequate company.” NeedsFeelsSelfFeelingsSufferingCompanySolitudeEgoHumbleModestInadequate Book:One's Company: Reflections on Living Alone Source: One's Company: Reflections on Living Alone
