“Every child needs a tragedy to become truly interesting.”

“Truly it it not the tragedies that destroy us, but the memories of them.”

“Every child, every person needs to know that they are a source of joy; every child, every person, needs to be celebrated. Only when all of our weaknesses are accepted as part of our humanity can our negative, broken self-images be transformed.”

“Every year, when you're a child, you become a different person.”

“Flawed, we're truly interesting, truly memorable, and yes, truly beautiful.”

“The tragedy of old age, when a man’s too weak to hit his own child.”

“A tragedy need not have blood and death; it's enough that it all be filled with that majestic sadness that is the pleasure of tragedy.”

“Nothing captures human interest more than human tragedy.”

“Every man who is truly a man must learn to be alone in the midst of all others, and if need be against all others.”

“My son Asclepius had become the god of medicine by the time he was fifteen, and I couldn’t have been happier for him. It left me time for my other interests. Besides, it’s every god’s dream to have a child who grows up to be a doctor.”