Maturity is a bitter disappointment for which no remedy exists, unless laughter could be said to remedy anything.

Extenuating circumstance to be mentioned on Judgment Day: We never asked to be born in the first place.

The most racist, nastiest act by the USA, after human slavery, was the bombing of Nagasaki. Not of Hiroshima, which might have had some military significance. But Nagasaki was purely blowing away men, women, and children.

What war has always been is a puberty ceremony.

The little girls were wearing black party dresses and black party shoes, so strangers would know at once how nice they were.

Still and all, why bother? Here's my answer. Many people need desperately to receive this message: I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most people do not care about them. You are not alone.

That's what is was to be young - to be enthusiastic rather than envious about the good work other people could do.