Almost, I am tempted to say, I will believe in God — Tom Wolfe

Duh poor guy! . . . Maybe he’s found out by now dat he’ll neveh live long enough to know duh whole of Brooklyn. It’d take a guy a lifetime to know Brooklyn t’roo an’ t’roo. An’ even den, yuh wouldn’t know it all. Idleness was a sin not against the self or against God but against Mammon and Pierce & Pierce. Which of us has known his brother? Which of us has looked into his father's heart? Which of us has not remained forever prison-pent? Which of us is not forever a stranger and alone? ♥ 1 All the critics in the world may say it’s good but a man’s own mother will know. ♥ 1

Well begun is half done. Aristóteles Its failings notwithstanding, there is much to be said in favor of journalism in that by giving us the opinion of the uneducated, it keeps us in touch with the ignorance of the community. Oscar Wilde I like men who have a future and women who have a past. Oscar Wilde The golden rule is that there are no golden rules. George Bernard Shaw