All social change comes from the passion of individuals.

The contempt for law and the contempt for the human consequences of lawbreaking go from the bottom to the top of American society.

Mothers are a biological necessity; fathers are a social invention

Mourning has become unfashionable in the United States. The bereaved are supposed to pull themselves together as quickly as possible and to reweave the torn fabric of life. ... we do not allow ... for the weeks and months during which a loss is realized - a beautiful word that suggests the transmutation of the strange into something that is one's own.

A small group of thoughtful people could change the world.

Grandparents are given a second chance to enjoy parenthood with fewer of its tribulations and anxieties.

I was a child that both my parents wanted. I was told from the time I was born that I was totally satisfactory. I had a chance to be what I wanted to be.