Snakes in general, let alone cobras, will never be much loved by humans, but these animals are so extraordinary, this enthusiast cannot resist one sentimental thought: Long live the kings.
It's easy, and all too often tempting, to dismiss the urge towards the sentimental, to think of sentimentality as a childish emotion, a self-indulgent strain of thinking that elevates shallow reaction to the level of important emotional insight.
I'm sentimental, I think.
I do not feel sentimental or think anthropomorphically about this.
And this is the only time where I sat down and said, 'Hamid, here you don't get sentimental — you think of this country's future, and provide an opportunity for all to work.' The countryside understands it very well.
Regarding grasshoppers, for instance, he waxes sentimental: "I think they're beautiful.
"You can get awfully sentimental and think that you're bringing joy and cheer into these peoples' lives," said Stetson, who lives in Sierra Madre and has been visiting at Sybil Brand for the last six years.
David Antonio Garcia Delgado, 11: I was feeling sentimental and thought, Why kill someone who's done nothing?
Surprisingly the film received a hostile reception in Germany; according to Erica Carter's booklet accompanying the disc, critics found it sentimental and thought the director's self-exposure embarrassing.
Pretty soon, Mr. Selya and Ms. Berenson appeared to be friends and we were left with the sort of sentimental New York thought that so frequently invades our squishy little heart: Wouldn't it be nice if we all could go through life with our own press agent?
