“I'll not have my grandson subjected to the humiliation of his reading becoming public. We have to cope with this disgrace discreetly -- Grandma Ruth”
“What she might have told him was that taxidermy, like sex, is a very personal subject; the manner in which we impose it on others should be discreet.”
“When we have lost everything, including hope, life becomes a disgrace, and death a duty.”
“I'll drive like my grandma. I'll drive like your grandma.""You wouldn't say that if you knew my gramma.”
“A poet who reads his verse in public may have other nasty habits.”
“According to ayurveda, we become what we surround ourselves with. And so it stands to reason that we have to be discerning about what we surround ourselves with." Steve Cope [p. 85]”