“I prefer the society of one faithful person to an association of rapid talkers, who more than anything else seek admiration from one another.”

“There are more love songs than anything else. If songs could make you do something we'd all love one another.”

“If there is one person I do despise more than another, it is the man who does not think exactly the same on all topics as I do...”

“We must rapidly begin the shift from a "thing-oriented" society to a "person-oriented" society. When machines and computers, profit motives and property rights are considered more important than people, the giant triplets of racism, materialism, and militarism are incapable of being conquered.”

“And I know it doesn't last for anything more than a second-----sometimes there is perfect understanding between two people who can't stand one another.”

“And, while Jessica had faith enough in Providence, she preferred to seek help from more accessible sources. Her assistant was Phelps, the coachman.”