Total physical and mental inertia are highly agreeable, much more so than we allow ourselves to imagine. A beach not only permits such inertia but enforces it, thus neatly eliminating all problems of guilt. It is now the only place in our overly active world that does.
“There are a lot of Grinches out there that would like nothing better than to take any references to religion out of the holiday season.”
“If we can but prevent the government from wasting the labours of the people, under the pretence of taking care of them, they must become happy.”