Its hard enough to go through life disappointing yourself every second — Steve Toltz

"To have a child is to be impaled daily on the spike of responsibility."

"Denouncing civilization takes its toll when you continue to exist within it."

"After this incident I got into the bad habit of treating her with courtesy and respect. Courtesy and respect are advisable when addressing a judge right before he sentences you, but in a relationship they signify discomfort."

"Its too late now," he said. "You cant stop a tidal wave of hatred once its reached the shore."

"The thing that makes a man go crazy isnt loneliness or suffering after all - its being kept in a state of perpetual dread."

"No one listened to me. Caroline and I stood together as they dragged Terry away to a mental asylum. I looked at my parents incredulously, at their inexorably tepid souls. All I could do was uselessly shake a clenched fist and think how people are so eager to become slaves that its unbelievable. Christ. Sometimes they throw off their freedom so quickly, youd think it was burning them."