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Don’t be ashamed of reliving your childhood, Ox, because all of us must do it now and then to maintain our sanity.

Barry Hughart

The greatest act of faith we are capable of is that of loving another more than we love ourselves, and occasionally we can be quite good at it.
BARRY HUGHART

Another Capable Good Love Occasional Ourselves Quite
I have never been able to understand why perfectly sensible people waste time being wittily obscure instead of just saying what they want and going on about their business.
BARRY HUGHART

Able People Want
The supernatural can be very annoying until one finds the key that transforms it into science,” he observed mildly… “Come on, Ox, let’s go out and get killed.
BARRY HUGHART

Annoying Keys Observed Science Supernatural
Fable has strong shoulders that carry far more truth than fact can.
BARRY HUGHART

Fables Facts Strong
Blessed are the idiots, for they are happiest people on earth.
BARRY HUGHART

Blessed Earth People
Immortality is only for the gods,’ he whispered. ‘I wonder how they can stand it.’
BARRY HUGHART

Immortality Stand Wonder
Error can point the way to truth, while empty-headedness can only lead to more empty-headedness or to a career in politics.
BARRY HUGHART

Careers Errors Way
The emotional health of a village depended upon having a man whom everyone loved to hate, and Heaven had blessed us with two of them.
BARRY HUGHART

Blessed Hate Men
Our senses are woefully limited. Our brains are but tiny candles flickering in an infinity of darkness. Our only wisdom is to admit that we cannot understand, and since we cannot understand we must do the best we can with faith. which is our only talent.
BARRY HUGHART

Brain Darkness Tiny
Don’t be ashamed of reliving your childhood, Ox, because all of us must do it now and then to maintain our sanity.
BARRY HUGHART

Ashamed Childhood Now Sanity Then
I shall clasp my hands together and bow to the corners of the world.
BARRY HUGHART

Beautiful Daughter Love
A fool will study for twenty or thirty years and learn how to do something, but a wise man will study for twenty or thirty minutes and become an expert. In this world, it isn’t ability that counts, but authority.
BARRY HUGHART

Men Minute Study Wise Years

Don’t be ashamed of reliving your childhood, Ox, because all of us must do it now and then to maintain our sanity.

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