“Your kids require you most of all to love them for who they are, not to spend your whole time trying to correct them.”

“You need to find a way to live your life, that it doesn't make a mockery of your values.”

“But the frat boys were all frivolous and idiotic in our minds now, a bunch of conformist fools going through the motions of hip.”

“I breathed the air of deliverance through books, and through books I leapt over the walls of confinement..”

“You know more about your child than I can ever hope to know, what advice can you give me to make a better teacher for her?”

“Most people have a harder time letting themselves love than finding someone to love them.”

“To my mind, the only possible pet is a cow. Cows love you. They will listen to your problems and never ask a thing in return. They will be your friends forever. And when you get tired of them, you can kill and eat them. Perfect.”