In a crunch a man's reputation never counts for as much as it ought to. Most people are good-hearted and willing to give a man the benefit of the doubt, but the poisonous few are eager to see others brought down, ruined. : Envy, Bob. Envy eats them alive. If you had money, they'd envy you that. But since you don't, they envy you for having such a good, bright, loving daughter. They envy you for just being a happy man. They envy you for not envying them. One of the greatest sorrows of human existence is that some people aren't happy merely to be alive but find their happiness only in the misery of others.

I thought of you as my guardian, Einstein: you taught me that I'm your guardian, too, that I'm Travis's guardian, and he is my guardian and yours. We have a re…

'Maybe Nina wouldn't have died if I hadn't moved in with them and drawn Sheener after me, but I can't feel guilty about that. I tried hard to be a good foster …

: mankind has no right to employ its genius in the creation of another intelligent species, then treat it like property. If we've come so far that we can creat…

Calumny, envy, and all revengeful passions appear almost exclusively to direct the actions of men.

A military man can scarcely pride himself on having 'smitten a sleeping enemy'; it is more a matter of shame, simply, for the one smitten. I would rather you m…

As soon as the war ended, we located the one spot on earth that hadn't been touched by the war and blew it to hell.