In the horrifying calculus of self-deception, the greater the pain we inflict on others, the greater the need to justify it to maintain our feelings of decency and self-worth.

Severe initiations increase a member's liking for the group.

[Sexual] fantasies, like children, are most interesting to the people who have them.

The history of the women's movement in America follows a consciousness-amnesia cycle.

The individualism of American life, to our glory and despair, creates anger and encourages its release; for when everything is possible, limitations are irksome. When the desires of the self come first, the needs of others are annoying. When we think we deserve it all, reaping only a portion can enrage.

A fan without a team is like a hog without truffles - she has nothing to root for.

In the horrifying calculus of self-deception, the greater the pain we inflict on others, the greater the need to justify it to maintain our feelings of decency and self-worth.