We had the great good fortune and shortcomings of character that marked every generation that had never seen war.

The main questions of everyday life are too enormous to answer in any definitive sense.

It is really irritating to work with irritating people

We had the great good fortune and shortcomings of character that marked every generation that had never seen war.

Everyone desires relationships and community. Most people want to belong to a cohesive, like-minded group. It staves off loneliness. It promotes identity. These are natural and very human instincts.

Everything was always something but something – and here was the rub – could never be everything.

To conform is to lose your soul