John D. Macdonald

The only thing in the world worth a damn is the strange, touching, pathetic, awesome nobility of the individual human spirit.

At times it seems as if arranging to have no commitment of any kind to anyone would be a special freedom. But in fact the whole idea works in reverse. The most deadly commitment of all is to be committed only to one's self. Some come to realize this after they are in the nursing home.

Integrity is not a conditional word. It doesn't blow in the wind or change with the weather.