I think men should be able to veto women's abortions if they're willing to care for the child after it's born.

Most children would rather preserve the fantasy of a loving connection with their fathers and mothers, at all costs, even if it costs them their self-esteem. When you're three or seven years old, it's less frightening to think of yourself as an unlovable, disappointing screwup than to recognize the fact that you're living with a monster.

A jealous husband is an ugly thing.

But insight doesn't necessarily produce self-control. Sometimes you just see your destructiveness more clearly.

The good guys had to operate on a higher level than the killers--just for society to keep track of who was who.

I figured anybody who talked about church as much as she did was using it a little like cocaine anyhow.

...the horrific fact that our lives and those of the people we love are impermanent and exquisitely fragile, that any of us can cease to exist without warning, that loving anyone, anywhere, at any time, leaves you infinitely vulnerable at every single moment. (20)