It seems to me that a great deal of this type of censorship has to do with absolving parents of responsibility - parents who just plop their kids in front of the television and leave them there hour upon hour.

It is your responsibility to find fault with me, it is mine to hear you out. But don't expect me to change.

Death, it seems," Garp wrote, "does not like to wait until we are prepared for it. Death is indulgent and enjoys, when it can, a flair for the dramatic.

Everybody dies … The thing is, to have a life before we die.

We often need to lose sight of our priorities in order to see them.

If I had to be anything," he told her, "I'd probably be a socialist, but I don't want to be anything.

Just because you're sober, don't think you're a good driver, Cookie.