the distinction between 'prejudice' and 'principle' is itself a matter of prejudice.

- Laura Bohannan

In an environment in which tragedy is genuine and frequent, laughter is essential to sanity.

- Laura Bohannan

it's not until my third cup of coffee that I am fully awake and willing to face the consequences of that condition.

- Laura Bohannan

We all owe life a death, an inevitable death which we can meet. But the unnecessary death that wastes life denies all consolation.

- Laura Bohannan