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“Nothing risqué, either,” Dad said. “Time enough for that when he’s older.” Mr. Harrigan also promised this, but I suppose men who understand business also understand that promises are easy to discard, being as how giving them is free.
“Youth is a wonderful thing,” said Mr. Harrigan. “What a shame it’s wasted on children.”
Henry Thoreau said that we don’t own things; things own us. Every new object—whether it’s a home, a car, a television, or a fancy phone like that one—is something more we must carry on our backs.
“Free samples are fine, but if you give people too much for-free, whether it’s clothes or food or information, they come to expect it.
Films are ephemeral, while books—the good ones—are eternal, or close to it.
