Science never cheered up anyone. The truth about the human situation is just too awful.

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.

The year was 2081, and everyone was finally equal.

Every writer has to write his speech.

High school is closer to the core of the American experience than anything else I can think of.

My father said, ‘When in doubt, castle.’

People stopped calling themselves Freethinkers because it was so specifically German and anything German was terribly unpopular because of the two world wars. My family became Unitarians instead - it's the same sort of thing.