For there are two possible reactions to social ostracism - either a man emerges determined to be better, purer, and kindlier or he goes bad, challenges the world and does even worse things. The last is by far the commonest reaction to stigma.

There's something desirable about anything you're used to as opposed to something you're not.

If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck.

I was born lost and take no pleasure in being found.

If we could learn even a little to like ourselves, maybe our cruelties and angers might melt away.

All men are moral. Only their neighbors are not.

There's nothing sadder to me than associations held together by nothing but the glue of postage stamps. If you can't see or hear or touch a man, it's best to let him go.