As much as I would miss my wife if she were to die, I would miss what we are together even more. Our "we-ness," our "us-ness."

When there are kids involved, there's no such thing as divorce.

There are no individuals in the world only fragments of families

Every marriage is a battle between two families struggling to reproduce themselves.

Shame occurs when you haven't been able to get away with the 'who' you want people to think you are.

I have a theory that theories are destructive.

If we can abandon our missionary zeal we have less chance of being eaten by cannibals.

His legend will be written down, eventually, by those who are troubled by it.

When politicians say "I'm in politics," it may or may not be possible to trust them, but when they say, "I'm in public service," you know you should flee.

Seek always to do some good, somewhere... Even if it's a little thing, so something for those that need help, something for which you get no pay but the privilege of doing it.

When you see a guy go down, you smell blood in the water.

It is worthwhile for one to make an effort to achieve happiness. Just as the purpose of a plant is to grow, so it is that the main purpose of every human being is to survive and to grow until death.

I think some intuition leaks out in every step of an induction proof.

Manufacturers employ more than 14 million Americans doing what Americans do best, making things, building things, transforming raw materials into finished products.

She was doing it because she had nothing to lose, because her life was one of constant, day to day frustration.

The beautiful uncut hair of graves.

The one I love is the son of the one I hate! -Juliet p. 75