“At twenty a man is full of fight and hope. He wants to reform the world. When he's seventy he still wants to reform the world but he knows he can't.”

“A philanderer cannot be a parent - a parent cannot be a philanderer.”

“What parent has it easy? I just never make the difficulty of it an obstacle. I just do it.”

“When it comes right down to it, developing a critical sensibility about parenting isn't really about disapproval; it's about honing your own sensibilities, figuring out how you want to parent.”