"That's the store that we need to go to and open the door and put our money in." (At age 3. While driving by the new Toys 'R' Us.)

“If all the people in the world were nice could we just get rid of the word mean?”

'There is no such thing as 'fun for the whole family.''

“This is our house. And this is America Online.” (While pointing at a map of the North American continent.)

The roaring of the wind is my wife and the stars through the window pane are my children. The mighty abstract idea I have of beauty in all things stifles the more divided and minute domestic happiness.