each generation devises better ways to survive. Civilization may, in one sense, be a tribute to the ingeniousness of some children in outwitting parents.

Understanding why is never enough.

Reason finds it difficult to take root in the arid soil of wrath.

The devil-ache of loneliness seldom deserts the bones of the angry.

Suicide is part murder, revenge on those who hurt you, just as murder is part suicide, for a murderer knows he risks losing his life.

Usually the things you dislike in a person are his defenses against fear.

Flippancy may be a lance tilted in the face of fear.