“A good roommate may be the single most important thing to have when one is away at school.”

“I have always tried to be obedient regarding important matters like not being scalded to death by burning oil, but when public opinion takes a route far from one's inner conviction, one cannot value disobedience too highly.”

“To lose the approbation of my dog is a thing too horrible to contemplate.”

“I have a theory that as long as you have one good friend, one real friend, you can get through anything.”

“I attended Catholic schools at a time when Latin was still a living ritual language.”

“Sometimes things happen. Things happen even when you don't intend them to happen. Maybe at the beginning you had good intentions, or intentions you thought were harmlessm but before you knew it things got out of your control.”

“The most important thing about a person is always the thing you don't know.”