Perhaps the most legitimately dispiriting thing about reciprocal altruism is that it is a misnomer. Whereas with kin selection the “goal” of our genes is to actually help another organism, with reciprocal altruism the goal...

Real sex is as much about reciprocity as it is exploration and if you need a reason to resent a man later on, just consider the guy who doesn’t believe in cunnilingus…

People relate giving to reciprocity. They expect things to be expressed in a way they can understand, which is usually their own.

Reciprocal marketing, promotions and links. In public good experiments, behavioral economists have demonstrated that the potential for reciprocal actions by players increases the rate of contribution to the public good, providing evidence for the importance...

It’s not equality that counts, it’s reprocity that counts. Love is not like a balance sheet. There’s no such thing as double-entry accounting when it comes to love.

Our actions are like ships which we may watch set out to sea, and not know when or with what cargo they will return to port.

On No Work of WordsOn no work of words now for three lean months in the bloodyBelly of the rich year and the big purse of my bodyI bitterly take to task my poverty and...

Friendship- my definition- is built on two things. Respect and trust. Both elements have to be there. And it has to be mutual. You can have respect for someone, but if you don’t have trust,...

Giving a man a level of respect, and accepting, without fuss, a lesser reciprocity is like shackling yourself & handing him the keys: He becomes the boss of you.

Because I was more often happy for other people, I got to spend more time being happy. And as I saw more light in everybody else, I seemed to have more myself. (250)