It is difficult, none the less, for the ordinary man to cast off orthodox beliefs, for he is seldom allowed to hear the other side... Whereas the Christian view is pressed on him day in and day out.

Ethical teaching is weakened if it is tied up with dogmas that will not bear examination.

I was convinced that, besides millions of frank unbelievers, there are today large numbers of half-believers to whom religion is a source of intellectual and moral discomfort.

Aloneness is a gift. A beautiful gift to the human soul. True and consistent satisfaction comes from the bond you form with yourself. Nobody else is a constant

Tender, " she said again. "Tender is kind and gentle. It's also sore, like the skin around an injury.

It's great to get out of the study and work with real living and breathing people.

I joined a small but growing post-Trotskyite Luxembourgist sect.

Toronto is home; nothing beats home.

Everybody should be entitled to one lie, one failing, one infidelity.

Other families bought automobiles; we had a horse-headed hitching post in front of our house and drove horses.

Natural villains are hard to come by, what with all the shrinks and social-scientist types threatening to understand everybody into the ground.

Her only gift was knowing people almost by instinct, she thought, walking on. If you put her in a room with someone, up went her back like a cat's; or she purred.