“The trick. . .is to find the balance between the bright colors of humor and the serious issues of identity, self-loathing, and the possibility for intimacy and love when it seems no longer possible or, sadder yet, no longer necessary.”
“What condemnation could possibly be more harsh than one’s own, when self-pretense is no longer possible?”
“When we truly discover how to love our neighbor as our self, Capitalism will not be possible and Marxism will not be necessary.”
“One should die proudly when it is no longer possible to live proudly.”
“Sally...can no longer think of love as a reality, or even as a possibility, however remote.”
“The issue of finding the best possible answer or achieving maximum efficiency usually arises in industry only after serious performance or legal troubles.”