Quote by Haniel Long
In youth the human body drew me and was the object of my secret an

In youth the human body drew me and was the object of my secret and natural dreams. But body after body has taken away from me that sensual phosphorescence which my youth delighted in. Within me is no disturbing interplay now, but only the steady currents of adaptation and of sympathy. – Haniel Long

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So much of what is best in us is bound up in our love of family, that it remains the measure of our stability because it measures our sense of loyalty. All other pacts of love or fear derive from it and are modeled upon it. – Haniel Long

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best
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Each of us is a being in himself and a being in society, each of us needs to understand himself and understand others, take care of others and be taken care of himself. – Haniel Long

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Kwanzaa
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The moment one accosts a stranger or is accosted by him is above all in this life the moment of drama… Whoever we meet watches us intently at the quick, strange moment of meeting, to see whether we are disposed to be friendly. – Haniel Long

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Maturity is often more absurd than youth and very frequently is most unjust to youth. – Thomas Alva Edison

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Basically my wife was immature. Id be at home in the bath and she would come in and sink my boats. – Woody Allen

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Maturity

Only the middle-aged have all their five senses in the keeping of their wits. – Hervey Allen

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Maturity

We have not passed that subtle line between childhood and adulthood until we move from the passive voice to the active voice – that is, until we have stopped saying It got lost, and say, I lost it. – Sydney J. Harris

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The ornaments of your house will be the guests who frequent it. – Author Unknown

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We live in a great country. Its time again to get religion about it. – Eric Liu

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There is no language like the Irish for soothing and quieting. – John Millington Synge

I didnt like England. I couldnt take the look of the place or the style of friendship. I need more intimacy from people than is considered okay there, and I felt that my personality and my enthusiasms werent understood. I had to put a big lid on myself. – Jane Campion

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