Boyhood is the longest time in life for a boy. The last term of the school-year is made of decades, not of weeks, and living through them is like waiting for the millennium. -Booth Tarkington

 

Boyhood is the longest time in life for a boy. The last term of the school-year is made of decades, not of weeks, and living through them is like waiting for the millennium.


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Arguments only confirm people in their own opinions.

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There are two things that will be believed of any man whatsoever, and one of them is that he has taken to drink.

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He had not yet learned that the only safe male rebuke to a scornful female is to stay away from her--especially if that is what she desires.

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Cherish all your happy moments; they make a fine cushion for old age.

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The only good in pretending is the fun we get out of fooling ourselves that we fool somebody.

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