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

Juvenile delinquency serves many purposes, including that of providing sadistic adults with fantasies suited to their special tastes.

What we must decide is how we are valuable rather than how valuable we are.

Part of the American dream is to live long and die young.

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.

Those who love the young best stay young longer.

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