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One of the most destructive things that's happening in modern society is that we are losing our sense of the bonds that bind people together – which can lead to nightmares of social collapse.

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Alexander McCall Smith
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Category: Society

Authors

A. A. MilneA. B. YehoshuaA. Bartlett GiamattiA. C. BensonA. E. HousmanA. E. van VogtA. J. JacobsA. J. LangerA. J. LieblingA. J. McLean

Topics Index

1 Age

  • 1. I was born at the age of twelve on an MGM lot.
  • 2. Whoever marries the spirit of this age will find himself a widower in the next.
  • 3. Though the Jazz Age continued it became less and less an affair of youth. The sequel was like a children's party taken over by the elders.

2 Amazing

  • 1. Always expect the unexpected. Right around Thanksgiving when the new Alex Cross will be out. It's called Four Blind Mice and it's a pretty amazing story about several murders inside the military.
  • 2. I am very rich because of 'Chic' – artistically as well as spiritually. It's been an amazing life.
  • 3. I am indeed amazed when I consider how weak my mind is and how prone to error.

3 Anger

  • 1. Love implies anger. The man who is angered by nothing cares about nothing.
  • 2. Although you may spend your life killing You will not exhaust all your foes. But if you quell your own anger your real enemy will be slain.
  • 3. I was a pretty angry kid and I got into military history largely as a way to vent my own anger. As I got older it narrowed down to a more specific focus on individual violence. I'm just trying to understand where it came from.

4 Anniversary

  • 1. More marriages might survive if the partners realized that sometimes the better comes after the worse.
  • 2. Since I wrote to you last we have got our chapel beautifully lighted with gas and have had our anniversary.
  • 3. The secret of a happy marriage is finding the right person. You know they're right if you love to be with them all the time.

5 Architecture

  • 1. Proportions are what makes the old Greek temples classic in their beauty. They are like huge blocks from which the air has been literally hewn out between the columns.
  • 2. Chicago is known for good steaks expensive stores and beautiful architecture. Unfortunately the Windy City also enjoys a reputation for corrupt politics violent crime and some of the strictest gun control laws anywhere in the country.
  • 3. Architecture is the reaching out for the truth.
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