I personally am inclined to approach [housework] the way governments treat dissent: ignore it until it revolts.

I grew up aware of all the people I depended on and who depended on me.

When you're given a brilliant child you polish her and let her shine. Pigs in Heaven

I know people. Most have no earthly notion of the price of a snow-white conscience.

God, why does a mortal man have children? It is senseless to love anything this much.

Arterial-plaque specials that save minutes now can cost years, later on.

The thing is, it's my own fault. I just can't put up with a person that won't go out of his way for me. And that's what a man is. Somebody that won't go out of his way for you. I bet it says that in the dictionary.