“Hep is a very dangerous disease that can cause a number of permanent conditions, including death, which is extremely permanent.”

“Uselessness, she thought, was the permanent condition of parenthood.”

“Integrity is at the heart of commerce in the world in which we live. Honesty and integrity comprise the very underpinnings of society.....Indeed, the strength and safety of any organization-including the family-lie in the integrity of its members. Without personal integrity, there can be no confidence. Without confidence, there can be no prospect of permanent success.”

“Wise men will apply their remedies to vices, not to names; to the causes of evil which are permanent, not to occasional organs by which they act, and the transitory modes in which they appear.”

“When they argue, there can be no danger of a permanent rift, because they're Mother and Daughter. A terrible and beautiful phenomenon to watch.”

“Young people are in a condition like permanent intoxication, because life is sweet and they are growing.”