People with bad consciences always fear the judgment of children.

The fact is that gardening, more than most of our other activities except sometimes love-making, confronts us with the inexplicable.

Laughter is the great antidote for self-pity, maybe a specific for the malady, yet probably it does tend to dry one's feelings out a little, as if by exposing them to a vigorous wind.

Feminism is ridiculous. Feminists are silly idealists who want to be on top. There is no real equality in sexual relationships - someone always wins.

... the average Catholic perceives no connection between religion and morality, unless it is a question of someone else's morality.

Who are the advertising men kidding, besides the European tourist? Between the tired, sad, gentle faces of the subway riders and the grinning Holy Families of the Ad-Mass, there exists no possibility of even a wishful identification.

The desire to believe the best of people is a prerequisite for intercourse with strangers; suspicion is reserved for friends.