But children can't be a center of life and a reason for being. They can be a thousand things that are delightful, interesting, satisfying, but they can't be a well-spring to live from. Or they shouldn't be.

Parents should leave books lying around marked "forbidden" if they want their children to read.

You simply don't get to be wise, mature, etc., unless you've been a raving cannibal for thirty years or so.

But children can't be a center of life and a reason for being. They can be a thousand things that are delightful, interesting, satisfying, but they can't be a well-spring to live from. Or they shouldn't be.

None of you [men] ask for anything - except everything, but just for so long as you need it.

We are all creatures of the stars.

Nicknames are potent ways of cutting people down to size.