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

Women are the right age for just a few years; men, for most of their lives.

It's terrifying to see someone inside of whom a vital spring seems to have been broken. It's particularly terrifying to see him in your mirror.

The death of someone we know always reminds us that we are still alive - perhaps for some purpose which we ought to re-examine.

People are like birds: on the wing, all beautiful; up close, all beady little eyes.

Some marriages break up, and some do not, and in our world you can usually explain the former better than the latter.

Be glad that you're greedy; the national economy would collapse if you weren't.