The past is rich in lessons from which we would greatly profit except that the present is always so full of Special Circumstances.

The excesses of love soon pass, but its insufficiencies torment us forever.

A parent who has never apologized to his children is a monster. If he's always apologizing, his children are monsters.

Even in the same family, one child will always instinctively know when to ask for things, and another won't.

Neurotics dream of a good life, or a great suicide note.

Neurotics always feel as though they were going way up or way down, which is odd in people going sideways.

You will turn over many a futile new leaf till you learn we must all write on scratched-out pages.