“I watched because— God help the human race— there's nothing harder not to watch than two men fighting.”— Jonathan Gottschall, amazon.comTagged: Fighting
“In short, I set out to write about the darkness in men, but I ended up with a book about how men keep the darkness in check.”— Jonathan Gottschall, amazon.com
“I drag myself to the gym like a shift worker dragging himself to the factory. I limp onto the mat feeling tired and old, and after I warm up and get going . . . I have so much fun. The blubbery, congested sensation of incipient middle age gives way, and I feel young again, and strong. When I've comp…”— Jonathan Gottschall, amazon.comTagged: Exercise, Muscle, Renewal, Strategies for Renewal, Youth
“Here I was, a literature professor who'd been raised in the feminized (or at least androgynized) world of left-wing academia and the Unitarian Church. And yet I could have easily fought the guy over... what? I had so much to lose — certainly my job, probably my teeth — and so little to gain. And yet…”— Jonathan Gottschall, amazon.comTagged: Lizard Brain, Why We Fight