We are coming out of a century that was taught that one way of looking at the world, that one form of behavior, is as valid as another. The idea of true evil has been blown away.

I admit to having an imagination feverish enough to melt good judgment.

less real than such threats as a man with a gun, a woman with a knife, or a U.S. Senator with an idea.

Loneliness comes in two basic varieties. When it results from a desire for solitude, loneliness is a door we close against the world. When the world instead rejects us, loneliness is an open door, unused.

She says what holds their marriage together is that she feels too damn sorry for him to ask for a divorce.

In a book, even the real bastards can't hurt you. And you can never loose a friend you make in a book. When you get to a sad part, no one's there to see you cry. Or wonder why you don't cry when you should.

Vladimir Nabokov said the two great evils of the 20th century were Marx and Freud. He was absolutely correct.