D. James
D. James
healthy development surveillance
A regime which combines perpetual surveillance with total indulgence is hardly conducive to healthy development.
government safety people
Generosity is a virtue for individuals, not governments. When governments are generous it is with other people’s money, other people’s safety, other people’s future.
struggle book wine
I still occasionally need to struggle but I now fear it less. The weapons I fight it with are also my consolations: books, music, food, wine, nature.
raw-materials crafts increase
Increase your word power. Words are the raw material of our craft.
sex religion modern
The modern holy trinity is money, sex and celebrity.
breathing metaphysical speculation
Metaphysical speculation is about as pointless as a discussion on the meaning of one's lungs. They're for breathing.
stupid voting slavery
I can understand the poor and stupid voting for Marxism or one of its fashionable variants. If you've no hope of being other than a slave, you may as well opt for the most efficient form of slavery.
heart mystery humans
The greatest mystery of all is the human heart,
sex taken emotional
I find it extraordinary that a straightforward if inelegant device for ensuring the survival of the species should involve human beings in such emotional turmoil. Does sex have to be taken so seriously?
may superficial genuine
Charm is always genuine; it may be superficial but it isn't false.
inspirational long littles
It's easy to get a reputation for wisdom. It's only necessary to live long, speak little and do less.
love-always
Love, always love. Perhaps that’s what we’re all looking for.
art literature works-of-art
I don't see why escapist literature shouldn't also be a work of art.
fiction belief moral
Crime fiction confirms our belief, despite some evidence to the contrary, that we live in a rational, comprehensible, and moral universe.