My mom's Jewish and my dad's Irish Catholic alcoholic, so I whine on the inside.
The best contraceptive is the word no - repeated frequently.
Sin recognized but that may keep us humble, But oh, it keeps us nasty.
If I had been the Virgin Mary, I would have said "No."
Only when all images of Earth are hushed and the clamor of the senses be stilled, and the soul has passed beyond thought of self, can the eternal wisdom be revealed to the mystic who seeks that highest communion with the unseen.
Safety was not a big thing when I was growing up. A seat belt was something that got in the way: 'Ma, the seat belt is digging into my back.' 'Stuff it down into the seat. And roll those windows up, you're letting the smoke out'