sex has never been private and it never will be. We perform the act in private but we must be public about the connection. Sex is how we pass down worldly goods. It's how we create the primary unit of our society, the couple. ... This rule applies to gay people as well as straight people. ... The community absolutely must know who is straight, who is gay, who is married, and who is single. Without that information we make painful mistakes and lose time.

[A pariah is] something like a martyr with more suffering and less class.

Dad could charm a dog off a meat wagon.

Every day you're alive and someone loves you is a miracle.

Sport strips away personality, letting the white bone of character shine through. Sport gives players an opportunity to know and test themselves.

I've met many irresponsible people in my life but never an irresponsible cat.

All creatures tread across the rubble of ruined civilizations. The trick is to keep moving. No animal ever goes about dispensing shallow compassion.