... I vowed that I would always respect the right of an individual to kill himself. Whether suicide was a moral or immoral act I no longer felt sure, but of the dignity of its intransigence I was convinced.

My wife and daughter have accused me of being too silent at breakfast but I don't want to talk when I don't have much to say.

Hedonism can be a rational response to a difficult life.

I am apt to be harsh in my secret judgments of others, seeing them as defective because they are not enough like me.

The trick is to realize that one is not important, except insofar as one’s example can serve to elucidate a more widespread human trait and make readers feel a little less lonely and freakish.

Indeed, at times it's best to shut up.

I've had an enduring appreciation of psychology.