The teenager seems to have replaced the Communist as the appropriate target for public controversy and foreboding.

The examined life has always been pretty well confined to a privileged class.

Those who love the young best stay young longer.

Not only do most people accept violence if it is perpetuated by legitimate authority, they also regard violence against certain kinds of people as inherently legitimate, no matter who commits it.

Human life is a continuous thread which each of us spins to his own pattern, rich and complex in meaning. There are no natural knots in it. Yet knots form, nearly always in adolescence.

Canadians are more polite when they are being rude than Americans are when they are being friendly.

So much of learning to be an American is learning not to let your individuality become a nuisance.