Apartments are getting smaller on a whole. Houses are getting smaller. People don't need great big vacuums anymore.

Love, with very young people, is a heartless business. We drink at that age from thirst, or to get drunk it is only later in life that we occupy ourselves with the individuality of our wine.

Older fatherhood isn't all bad: testosterone rates drop about 1% per year as men age, making them less reactive and more patient, and a professionally established middle-aged man is likely to have more time and money to devote to his kids than a twenty-something who's just getting started.

My grandparents got married at a very young age, and a lot of what I think about marriage is based on their relationship.