I began to know that each morning reasserted the problems of night before, that sleep suspended all but changed nothing, that you couldn’t make yourself over between dawn and dusk.

Sarcasm is the protest of the weak.

There are special, strange gifted people in the world and they have to be treated with understanding

Everyone has a moment in history which belongs particularly to him.

Teenagers today are more free to be themselves and to accept themselves.

There are simply more young people than there ever were. You get this feeling of strength. Also, large numbers can be a drawback, making it difficult to lose one's anonymity.

Never say you are five feet nine when you are five feet eight and a half" was the first one I encountered. Another was, "Always say some prayers at night because it might turn out that there is a God.