a lot of human behavior was really acting out our responses to dangers long past.

The univers is statistically more likely to be ironic than not.

[T]he politically correct are above the rules of ordinary civility, once they have identified you as an unbeliever in their religion.

Asking a man if he could be trusted was like asking an unwed girl if she was a virgin. The question mattered, but the asking of it was gross insult.

But when it comes to human beings, the only type of cause that matters is final cause, the purpose. What a person had in mind. Once you understand what people really want, you can't hate them anymore. You can fear them, but you can't hate them, because you can always find the same desires in your own heart.

Only stupid men trying to seem smart need to be with dumb women. Only weak men trying to look strong are attracted to compliant women.

Take me home, he said silently to Graff. In my dream you said you loved me. Take me home