I’m still the kind of person who is shocked that you can run out of gas and run out of luck at the exact same time

I can forgive myself anything exce… All of my contingency planning Was contingent upon Sending a contingent of negotiator…

What if Vladimir and Estragon had actually been stalling for Godot

You can’t break the chain of events but you can break the chain of custody for the chain of events

Our central moral sentiment– that doing the right thing is its… hasn’t done us much good because through it we live in deni… that in this world

No one is exactly sure why God switched from a pass/fail syst… to having you grade yourself but there have been quite a lot of B-plusses flying ar…

You’ve used others When you use your talents To serve yourself You’ve used God When you use your talents

This world is backwards And reverse is the only way forwar… How do we put it in reverse When everything is backwards? By rediscovering our drive

Inevitably my spirit vegetable was rutabaga

All of reality is a temptation To believe in yourself But if you do You’ll never get it– Self-confidence is always lacking

When I got to the cave at the top of the mountain and asked the hermit What is the meaning of life? she said

Don’t talk to strangers; Sing with them

The usual cruelty Is having multiple children And enforcing a hierarchy In order to keep the peace Unusual cruelty

Late capitalism compensated for it… by blending it into its own propri… No one can redeem the past But everyone can redeem coupons!

Thinking that the purpose of life… things looked good enough on the s… to believe that my life was 24-karat gold Who knew that the purpose of beaut…