A tease is a con. You press a spot because you know that it can be pressed, and while the sucker is feeling the pleasure or the pain resulting from the pressure, you take something from him. ...A flirt doesn't do that. A flirt does a dance within the context of giving pleasure. Referring to this, referring to that. And suddenly, following the references, you find a little surprise. Nothing enormous. Nothing like 'Feed on me.' Nothing like that. Something small with a bow on it. It's a pleasure. A surprise, and a *gift*.
Irony has seeped into the felt of any fedora hat I have ever owned - not out of any wish of mine, but out of necessity. A fedora hat worn by me witho… - George W. S. Trow
Irony has seeped into the felt of any fedora hat I have ever owned - not out of any wish of mine, but out of necessity. A fedora hat worn by me witho…
- George W. S. Trow
What is loved is a hit. What is a hit is loved. - George W. S. Trow
What is loved is a hit. What is a hit is loved.
It is in many circumstances a troubling thing to belong to the advanced class of a backward nation. One surrenders coherence and begins a difficult p… - George W. S. Trow
It is in many circumstances a troubling thing to belong to the advanced class of a backward nation. One surrenders coherence and begins a difficult p…
A tease is a con. You press a spot because you know that it can be pressed, and while the sucker is feeling the pleasure or the pain resulting from t… - George W. S. Trow
A tease is a con. You press a spot because you know that it can be pressed, and while the sucker is feeling the pleasure or the pain resulting from t…
The work of television is to establish false contexts and to chronicle the unraveling of existing contexts; finally, to establish the context of no-c… - George W. S. Trow
The work of television is to establish false contexts and to chronicle the unraveling of existing contexts; finally, to establish the context of no-c…
The most powerful men were those who most effectively used the power of adult competence to enforce childish agreements. - George W. S. Trow
The most powerful men were those who most effectively used the power of adult competence to enforce childish agreements.
There was a time when photographers were thought to be socially secondary, and, hence, not dangerous. Lincoln was more important than Brady. It didn'… - George W. S. Trow
There was a time when photographers were thought to be socially secondary, and, hence, not dangerous. Lincoln was more important than Brady. It didn'…
The Turkish Embassy in Washington is an ornate, eclectic building on the corner of Twenty-third Street and Massachusetts Avenue which was built origi… - George W. S. Trow
The Turkish Embassy in Washington is an ornate, eclectic building on the corner of Twenty-third Street and Massachusetts Avenue which was built origi…
For members of a traditional society where many traditions have been discredited, an interest in modernity can result in a restless sophistication. M… - George W. S. Trow
For members of a traditional society where many traditions have been discredited, an interest in modernity can result in a restless sophistication. M…
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