The ideal home: big enough for you to hear the children, but not very well.

The way the neurotic sees it: bars on his door mean that he's locked in; bars on your door mean that he's locked out.

Most of our diversions do not so much delay death as accustom us to it.

The chief reason for drinking is the desire to behave in a certain way, and to be able to blame it on alcohol.

Altruism is a hard master, but so is opportunism.

After he has had his tantrum, the neurotic expects those around him to feel friendly and relaxed; after all, he does.

Others follow patterns; we alone are unpredictable.