Corporal punishment is as humiliating for him who gives it as for him who receives it; it is ineffective besides. Neither shame nor physical pain have any other effect than a hardening one.
“Middle age is when your old classmates are so grey and wrinkled and bald they don't recognize you.”
“I am a writer and always was; being a writer is an integral part of my identity. Being published, being well regarded, is a component of that identity.”