The dynamics and structures found in those groups called families in our society may not be evident in those groups called families in other places and times.

Insanity - a perfectly rational adjustment to an insane world.

Life is a sexually transmitted disease.

We are all in a post-hypnotic trance induced in early infancy.

Women receive he insults of men with tolerance, having been bitten in the nipple by their toothless gums.

Do not adjust your mind, the fault is in reality.

We have to realize that we are as deeply afraid to live and to love as we are to die.

Pain in this life is not avoidable, but the pain we create avoiding pain is avoidable.

Madness need not be all breakdown. It may also be break-through.

Whether life is worth living depends on whether there is love in life.

Freud was a hero. He descended to the Underworld and met there stark terrors. He carried with him his theory as a Medusa's head which turned these terrors to stone.

You can get all A's and still flunk life.

What life she had left could be measured in hours. Small recompense though they were, they belonged to me now. I had only to claim them.

Friendship is the bread of the heart.

There is only one real sin and that is to persuade oneself that the second best is anything but second best.

While the form of treachery varies slightly from case to case, liberals always manage to take the position that most undermines American security.

Though I may not be a king in my future life, so much the better: I shall nevertheless live an active life and, on top of it, earn less ingratitude.

The universal cosmic process was not created by any god or man.

We cannot elect men to office who are afraid of premature evacuation.

Have I missed a national holiday? There must be celebrations in the streets for you to be home at this hour of the day." "I'm calling it Summerset Goes Mute Day. The city's gone mad with joy.

Divorce is expensive. I used to joke they were going to call it 'all the money,' but they changed it to 'alimony.' It's ripping your heart out through your wallet.