“The memories: they are the reality.”

“What he knows now is that guilt isnt the only reason people commit suicide. Sometimes you can just get bored with afternoon TV.”

“His story is simple, because simple is always best.”

“Most people are sheep and sheep don't eat meat”

“College was for people who didnt know they were smart.”

“When it comes to sex, no pairing is beyond belief.”

“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.”