"The paradox of education is precisely this - that as one begins to become conscious one begins to examine the society in which he is being educated."

"To be sensual, I think, is to respect and rejoice in the force of life, of life itself, and to be present in all that one does, from the effort of loving to the making of bread."

"Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them."

"Love does not begin and end the way we seem to think it does. Love is a battle, love is a war love is a growing up."

"We found out tonight how important and how crucial momentum swings can be. I thought we were playing very well. We were doing a lot of positive things but then we lost the puck two times in our zone and things swung their way. You can't afford to give teams momentum."

"Kittens can happen to anyone."

"Teenagers blithely skip off to uncertain futures, while their parents sit weeping curbside in the Volvo, because the adolescent brain isn't yet formed enough to recognize and evaluate risk."

"I've had a lot of very positive feedback about those stories, and seem to have struck upon something that most people feel. I can also tap dance, and don't know many other authors who can."