“You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be misquoted, then used against you.”

“Writers must possess both the confidence of their own voice and the humility to chance discovering that too few care to listen.”

“The world is never so beautiful as when you laugh and then want to hold my hand.”

Man is inclined to refrain from being morally just out of fear of being held to the same standard.

“A true friend will teach us more about ourselves than a therapist.”

“Why does morality count the most when on the receiving end of another’s lack thereof?”

“It is counterintuitive for mankind to say that knowledge is power, for the more knowledge we acquire, the more powerless we become over ourselves, and the less we understand of humanity.”

“Psychiatric wards are full of sincere believers in personal truths, each with an unshakable faith in a very private reality.”

“Every kitchen should have at least one piece of folk art hung slightly out of level.”

“Computers were created to access, organize, and store all of the information our ancestors had no use for and were happy to ignore.”

“Little settles a troubled mind better than a fishing pole, a short nap, a long walk, or a light kiss.”

“A working mother can’t really have it all, but coming home to an orderly house and a tired dog is a good start.”

“Every dying rat knows that most of what he just ate was good and tasty rat food.”

“I suppose it’s your ‘right’ to refuse to respect social guardrails. I just hope you like the ditches.”

“The fundamental purpose of bread is its usefulness in the consumption of peanut butter.”

“Music videos are parasites that have sucked from future generations the very personal imageries that inextricably connect the melodies of their youth to puppy loves and touch stones, and few will recognize the damage until a cup of coffee, a porch swing, and a radio leaves them little to recall.”