In an age in which greed and lust stalk the land like some Biblical plague, it is easy to view sex as just one more thing to be had. It is the mythos of moderns.

Hope is a dream deferred.

Consumerism is our national religion.

like any Irish mother, I am scar tissue to the bone.

it takes a lot of rehearsal to become yourself.

sex is like sandwiches, there has to be something in between.

Human comedy is more profound than tragedy. In tragedy we die and it is very sad. In comedy we avoid death, and it is even sadder.