Humor is our way of defending ourselves from life's absurdities by thinking absurdly about them.

Trend is not destiny.

The last step in parental love involves the release of the beloved; the willing cutting of the cord that would otherwise keep the child in a state of emotional dependence.

The way people in democracies think of the government as something different from themselves is a real handicap. And, of course, sometimes the government confirms their opinion.

One of the functions of intelligence is to take account of the dangers that come from trusting solely to the intelligence.

Forget the damned motor car and build the cities for lovers and friends.

One's worst enormities remain within, and it is only one's vulgar commonplaces of error and folly that turn into murders and suicides, treasons, infidelities, and betrayals.