“The intensity with which young people live demands that they "blank out" as often as possible.”

“So many people, if the truth were known, live their lives on two levels. The principles they fight about are often at odds with the complicated and often frustrated lives they live. This is why there is so much intensity.”

“... because it is correct to make a priority of young people, taking care that they turn out as well as possible...”

“Most people are not looking for provable truths. As you said, truth is often accompanied by intense pain, and almost no one is looking for painful truths. What people need is beautiful, comforting stories that make them feel as if their lives have some meaning. Which is where religion comes from.”

“Confusion is a luxury which only the very, very young can possibly afford and you are not that young anymore”

“Intense love is often akin to intense suffering.”