A five-year old boy had never spoken a single word.
One afternoon, as he sat eating his lunch he turned to his mother and said, "Soup's cold."
His astonished mother exclaimed, "Son, I've waited so long to hear you speak. But all these years you never said a thing. Why haven't you spoken before?"
The boy looked at her and replied, "Until now, everything's been great."
"Worship is man's full reason for existence. Worship is why we are born and why we are born again."
"The test of the morality of a society is what it does for its children."
"Racism isn't learned, it's taught. I have a 2 year old son, know what he hates? Naps. End of list."
As a single, never-married woman in my 40s, I have been questioned endlessly about my status by my friends, relatives, and co-workers. Over the years, I've noticed a subtle change in the nature of their inquiries. In my teens, friends would ask, "Who are you going out with this weekend?"