“I saw this cartoon in the paper, once. That Viking, Hagar the Horrible? He’s standing on the mountaintop, holding his hands to the heavens, shouting “Why me?” And down from the heavens comes the answer: “Why not?” Maybe that’s the ultimate truth; what right to do I have to expect a smooth ride?”

“Maybe still waters did run deep. Or God on your side was the ultimate soul balm.”

“Sleep. The ultimate resistance”

“Nice concept.-What is?-Retreating. Getting away from the grind.-Oh, you never do. You just change gears.”

“Maybe we're just prisoners of our biology.”

“Optimism is denial for chumps with no life experience"."What's pessimism?" I said."Religion without God.”

“Through the anger came something I recognized; the sadness that can result from too many years absorbing the poison of others. - Alex Delaware on Dr. Lehmann”