 We live in an anaesthetized society. |
| The secret of learning to be sick is this: Illness doesn't make you less of what you were. You are still you. |
| Today there are about 40 million retirees receiving benefits; by the time all the baby boomers have retired, there will be more than 72 million retirees drawing Social Security benefits. |
| Somewhere near you, somebody right now is trying to help the indigent and poor - providing food, shelter, clothing or simple kindness. |
| The art of being sick is not the same as the art of getting well. |
| It serves notice that President Bush is serious about promoting freedom, because free societies are a lot more peaceable than dictatorships and monarchies. |
| Pet lovers know that animals sometimes understand us better than we do, and the annals of human sin and desire provide plenty of stories to drive the point home. |
| Investigators have discovered that dogs can laugh, which can't be too big of a surprise. |
