Since Alice had never received any religious instruction, and since she had led a blameless life, she never thought of her awful luck as being anything but accidents in a very busy place. Good for her.

I didn't know then what a sperm was, and so wouldn't understand his answer for several years. "My boy," he said, "you are descended from a long line of determined, resourceful, microscopic tadpoles-- champions every one.

Of all the words of mice and men, the saddest are, "It might have been.

The economy is a thoughtless weather system.

I said I wasn't interested, and she was bright enough to say that she wasn't really interested either. As things turned out, we both overestimated our apathies, but not that much.

All people are insane. They will do anything at any time, and God help anybody who looks for reasons.

This is a nation tragedy, of course - that we've changed from a society to an audience.