The place of the father in the modern suburban family is a very small one, particularly if he plays golf.
It is a profitable thing, if one is wise, to seem foolish.
Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.
In the absences of a decent time machine, fiction remains the most sturdy vehicle for visiting other eras.
Most of the basic truths of life sound absurd at first hearing.
My mother loved children -- she would have given anything if I had been one.
The faceless, eyeless armed man above me kept his gun very level.