As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.
The place of the father in the modern suburban family is a very small one, particularly if he plays golf.
In America, through pressure of conformity, there is freedom of choice, but nothing to choose from.
All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others.
You're dealing with the demon of external validation. You can't beat external validation. You want to know why? Because it feels sooo good.
I was as scared as I'd ever been. There was screaming everywhere now, and more bodies on the floor, and the press from behind was as relentless as a bulldozer. It was all I could do to keep on my feet.
Any transition serious enough to alter your definition of self will require not just small adjustments in your way of living and thinking but a full-on metamorphosis.