“Life always keeps moving, even if it has to drag you along, kicking and screaming.”

“Someone needs to drag you kicking and screaming into this century.”

“Life ... is a burden. The day about to begin is an oppressive weight.... The erect penis is heavy, even heavier the hanging one. Even the most tender breast has to be dragged along.”

“Has it ever occurred to you," he said abruptly, "that parents are nothing but overgrown kids until their children drag them into adulthood? Usually kicking and screaming?"I shook my head.Tell you what I think," he said, "I think that part of being a parent is trying to kill your kids.”

“Everyone always has to have the rational, scientific explanation for something, even if it's so obviously wrong you could scream.”

“Keeping love buried was a lot like jeeping anger pent up, I'd learned. It just ate you up insides until you wanted to scream or kick something.”