We come from people who brought us up to believe that life is a struggle, and if you should feel really happy, be patient: this will pass.

Being Lutheran, Mother believed that self-pity is a deadly sin and so is nostalgia, and she had no time for either

Sex is not a mechanical act that fails for lack of technique, and it is not a performance by the male for the audience of the female; it is a continuum of attraction that extends from the simplest conversation and the most innocent touching through the act of coitus.

Years ago, manhood was an opportunity for achievement, and now it is a problem to be overcome.

Sing your song; don't let the bastards get you down.

Roy Blount's stuff makes me laugh so hard, sometimes I have to go sit in a room and shut the door

A man can't eat anger for breakfast and sleep with it at night and not suffer damage to his soul.