Things grew and lived in constant adversity, ingenious in solving problems of existence.

Sex as something beautiful may soon disappear. Once it was a knife so finely honed the edge was invisible until it was touched and then it cut deep. Now it is so blunt that it merely bruises and leaves ugly marks.

The man who goes fishing gets something more than the fish he catches.

Our security must be threatened in order for us to appreciate it.

the boys had learned that laughter stilled anxiety. It cleared away mystery. If you could laugh at something, it erased its importance.

A person without a memory is either a child or an amnesiac. A country without a memory is neither a child nor an amnesiac, but neither is it a country.

Life without emotions is like an engine without fuel.