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. — Barbara Holland Copy Share Image
In civilized places idleness, once the prerequisite for abstract thought, poetry, religion, philosophy, and falling in love, has become a character flaw. In America we've managed to stamp it out almost completely, and few people under forty can remember a… — Barbara Holland Copy Share Image
Success in war was the only success that counted; failure was a disgrace to be wiped out only by starting another war and winning… — Barbara Holland Copy Share Image
Almost any dog thinks almost any human is the Great Spirit, the Primal Creator, and the Universal Force Behind the Sun and Tides. What… — Barbara Holland Copy Share Image
In the taverns all was amiable and easy, but the coffeehouses were cauldrons of edgy malcontents. — Barbara Holland Copy Share Image
We're a shifty, sliding population. ... What we refer to as 'home' may be a place we haven't seen in years; a place where… — Barbara Holland Copy Share Image
Single life should be experimental in nature and open to accidents. Some accidents are happy ones. — Barbara Holland Copy Share Image
Subtly, in the little ways, joy has been leaking out of our lives. The small pleasures of the ordinary day seem almost contemptible, and… — Barbara Holland Copy Share Image
War was ... the chief or maybe the only source of patriotism, and many a politician, from prehistory up to this morning, unified a… — Barbara Holland Copy Share Image
Smiting enemies has always been so admired that, unlike medicine or archaeology, it entitled its successful practitioners to become kings, emperors, and presidents. — Barbara Holland Copy Share Image
The thing to remember is that children are temporary. As soon as they develop a sense of humor and get to be good company,… — Barbara Holland Copy Share Image
I was getting sick and tired of being lectured by dear friends with their little bottles of water and their regular visits to the… — Barbara Holland Copy Share Image
If we have a decent sort of cat to begin with, and have always treated it courteously, and aren't cursed with meddling, bullying natures,… — Barbara Holland Copy Share Image
