A dedication to perfection means that we are doomed always to be just a heartbeat way - from exposure. Perfection is unchanging; lives are ongoing.

Sex is ... scratching an itch Everything else is something we project on a very simple act. It's the psychology, not the biology, that's complicated.

Charity always feels better to the donor than to the recipient.

Getting enough of what you want without depriving anyone else is the ultimate act of selfishness and sanity.

Superstition is just fantasy with attitude; it's a way of erroneously trying to control events.

In its purest form, dating is auditioning for mating (and auditioning means we may or may not get the part).

The American notion of family is perhaps the most romanticized, deep-rooted, and misery-producing fantasy of the last hundred years.