Suburb: a place that isn't city, isn't country, and isn't tolerable.

There are whole years for which I hope I'll never be cross-examined, for I could not give an alibi.

The young are generally full of revolt, and are often pretty revolting about it.

What a shame that allowances have to stop with the teens: both those that are paid to us and those that are made for us.

Too much money is as demoralizing as too little, and there's no such thing as exactly enough.

We work for praise, and dawdle once we have it.

Spring, summer, and fall fill us with hope; winter alone reminds us of the human condition.