Much as constitutional guarantees of press freedom do little good for prospective publishers if they do not have access to paper or ink, the right to aid in dying is strikingly useless if nobody is willing to help.

Be optimistic. Always put on clean underwear if you're going on a date.

If you give a man a hammer, he thinks he can solve all problems by pounding. Well, God gave men penises.

A free society, to be truly worthy of that name, owes healthy, competent individuals the right to end their lives on their own terms.

Victory [over homophobia] may require five or maybe 20 years. Yet I have no doubt that "don't ask, don't tell" and same-sex adoption bans will be as unspeakable and inexplicable to my grandchildren as counting a slave as three-fifths of a human being.

I used to dream of true love; now I'm open to false, but convincing.

Even a poor tour guide is entitled to some happiness.