“Women who bear children before they establish serious habits of work, may never establish them at all.” MayChildrenWomenSeriousBearsHabit Book:What Do Women Want?: Essays by Erica Jong Source: What Do Women Want?: Essays by Erica Jong
“Twas the saying of an ancient sage that humour was the only test of gravity, and gravity of humour. For a subject which would not bear raillery was suspicious; and a jest which would not bear a serious examination was certainly false wit.” SubjectsHumourSeriousBearsTestsAncientWitGravitySageRidiculeExaminationSuspiciousJest Author:Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury
“Well, I think the way you feel as a teenager stays with you, forever. I really believe that. And we try to change and we hope that we change, but we don't really in big ways, in serious ways. I think the personality is formed at that time, for the good and for the bad. ... We all want to grow up and move on and appear to be different to people. And we want people to see us in a different way. But, I don't know, I think the personality is very, very strongly cemented, and we just bear whatever shortcomings we have and learn to live with it.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWayWantFeelsTryingBelieveWellsDifferentBigsMovingGrowsForeverGrowing UpSeriousPersonalityBearsTeenagerDifferent WaysVery StrongShortcomings Author:Steven Morrissey
“When I'm writing something, if it gets too serious, I just can't bear it, so I take a step back and take the overall scene in and vent the air a little bit.” IfsWritingLittlesBitsStepsAirSeriousBearsSceneLittle Bit Author:Park Chan-wook