In a word, the consumer of mass culture is lonely, not only lonely, but spiritually impoverished.

It makes people nervous for one to step out of one's role.

Your discovery, as best as I can determine, is that there is an alternative which no one has hit upon. It is that one finding oneself in one of life's critical situations need not after all respond in one of the traditional ways. No. One may simply default. Pass. Do as one pleases, shrug, turn on one's heel and leave. Exit. Why after all need one act humanly?

Where there is chance of gain, there is also chance of loss. Whenever one courts great happiness, one also risks malaise.

We love those who know the worst of us and don't turn their face away.

Suppose you ask God for a miracle and God says yes, very well. How do you live the rest of your life?

Ooooh," Kate groans, Kate herself now. "I'm so afraid." "I know." "What am I going to do?" "You mean right now?" "Yes." "We'll go to my car. Then we'll drive down to the French Market and get some coffee. Then we'll go home." "Is everything going to be all right?" "Yes." "Tell me. Say it." "Everything is going to be all right.