Garp didn't want a daughter because of men. Because of bad men, certainly; but even, he thought, because of men like me.

Kids are beautiful, man. And they know much more than grownups think they know. Kids are just perfect people until grownups get their hands on them.

You can give yourself a headache trying to decipher the tattoos on a naked man who’s leaping up and down on a bed.

A woman half dressed seemed to have some power, but a man was simply not as handsome as when he was naked, and not as secure as when he was clothed.