“The thing you did to alleviate the loneliness was to take off your clothes and touch someone, even if you didnt really know the person well.”

“The middle is the longest in any story, and therefore the time with the most desperation.”

“I am not that creative. And therefore you must be real.”

“The man behind the check-in counter gives the impression that he has just axe-murdered the motel's owner (and family, and family pet) and is going through these procedures of hostelry so as not to ...”

“Gladys, darling, light of my life. There are principles higher than mere survival. Its not enough to live this life; there must be a quality to living. There are minimum standards. If a man cant ge...”

“There are many hostelries in his report, which is the true account of an expedition.”

“Sex can be used either for self-affirmation or for self-transcendence either to intensify the ego and consolidate the social persona by some kind of conspicuous embarkation and heroic conquest, or...”

“He didn't know all that much about how the machinery worked anyway. Such knowledge was for specialists. In war, as in love, he was a fearless, happy-go-lucky adventurer.”

“If she did experience sex--or something close to it--in high school, I'm sure it would have been less out of sexual desire or love than literary curiosity.”