“everything you experience is what constitutes you as a human being, but the experience passes away and the person's left. The person is the residue.” HumansPersonsLeftHuman BeingsExperiencePassing Away Author:Ilka Chase
“in love, gallantry is necessary. Even when the first wild desire is gone, especially then, there is an inherent need for good manners and consideration, for the putting forth of effort. Two courteous and civilized human beings out of the loneliness of their souls owe that to each other.” NeedsFirstsHumansTwoSoulDesireHuman BeingsEffortGoneLonelinessMannersConsiderationGood ManCivilizedInherentGood MannersCourteousGallantry Author:Ilka Chase
“The very fact that we make such a to-do over golden weddings indicates our amazement at human endurance. The celebration is more in the nature of a reward for stamina.” HumansFactsMarriageRewardsGoldenEnduranceCelebrationAmazementStamina Book:Free Admission Source: Free Admission
“We've surrounded the most vital and commonplace human function with a vast morass of taboos, convention, hypocrisy, and plain claptrap.” HumansSexFunctionHypocrisyConventionsTabooCommonplace Author:Ilka Chase
