War so conspicuously benefits rich men and kills the poor ones.

I could never work out whether we were to view religion as a life-insurance policy or a life sentence.

The things I carry closest to my heart are things I can't own.

Bitter words normally evaporate with the moisture of breath, after a quarrel. In order to become permanent, they require transcribers, reporters, complicit black hearts.

Wars and elections are both too big and too small to matter in the long run. The daily work - that goes on, it adds up.

The reason most people have kids is because they get pregnant.

So one time when I was working in this motel one of the toilets leaked and I had to replace the flapper ball. Here's what it said on the package; I kept it till I knew it by heart: 'Please Note. Parts are included for all installations, but no installation requires all of the parts.' That's kind of my philosophy about men. I don't think there's an installation out there that could use all my parts.