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

Other quotes by Haniel Long

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

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Maturity

By the age of twenty, any young man should know whether or not he is to be a specialist and just where his tastes lie. By postponing the question we have set on immaturity a premium which controls most American personality to its deathbed. – Robert S. Hillyer

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True maturity is only reached when a man realizes he has become a father figure to his girlfriends boyfriends — and he accepts it. – Larry Mcmurtry

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Maturity

Maturity is the ability to reap without apology and not complain when things dont go well. – Jim Rohn

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The conventional view serves to protect us from the painful job of thinking. – J.K. Galbraith

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Conformity

We come to love not by finding a perfect person but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly. – Sam Keen

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Learning

If you can measure success in this business based on happiness alone I feel like Ive hit the lottery. – Justin Long

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Happiness

I think I am done with Wikipedia for the time being. But I have a secret hope. Someone recently proposed a Wikimorgue – a bin of broken dreams where all rejects could still be read, as long as they werent libelous or otherwise illegal. – Nicholson Baker

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Dreams