Marriage, in my view, should be a balanced stalemate between equal adversaries.

That's maturity-when you realize that you've finally arrived at a state of ignorance as profound as your parents.

It was hate at first sight, clean, pure and strong as grain alcohol.

Since I am not as stupid as my children believe I am, I had immediately realized this might be a ruse, but I was not at all averse to a confrontation. In fact, I had been hoping for some such thing.

I had refused Emerson's well-meant offers of assistance, knowing his efforts would be confined to moving the furniture to the wrong places and demanding how much longer the process would take.

Dogs can be made to feel guilty about anything, including the sins of their owners. Cats refuse to take the blame for anything - including their own sins.

a church ought to express the joy of religion as well as its majesty.