James Weldon

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    As there is no worse lie than a truth misunderstood by those who hear it, so reasonable arguments, challenges to magnanimity, and appeals to sympathy or justice, are folly when we are dealing with human crocodiles and boa-constrictors.
    —William James (1842–1910)

    You end up as you deserve. In old age you must put up with the face, the friends, the health, and the children you have earned.
    —Fay Weldon (b. 1933)