Our strength is in our dreams, and those who do not dare to dream damn themselves.

The answer doesn't lie in learning how to protect ourselves from life-it lies in learning how to become strong enough to let a bit more of it in.

Perhaps the old view of 'Me breadwinner, you hausfrau' worked for our grandparents, when people obligingly popped off before boring each other to death, but it won't work any longer because we are living too long and divorce is needed today to do what death acomplished more economically before.

The act is unjustifiable that either begs for a blessing, or, having succeeded gives no thanksgiving.

Anger is a passion, so it makes people feel alive and makes them feel they matter and are in charge of their lives. So people often need to renew their anger a long time after the cause of it has died, because it is a protection against helplessness and emptiness just like howling in the night. And it makes them feel less vulnerable for a little while.

But who would rush at a benighted man, and give him two black eyes for being blind?

Friends are people who help you be more yourself, more the person you are intended to be.