We have a sense that we should be like the mythical cowboy... able to take on and conquer anything and live in the world without the need for other people.

Stanton: The Mental Hospital: A Study of Institutional Participation in Psychiatric Illness and Treatment. Walker & Company 1996 ISBN 978-0-8027-1315-5. Morrie had a younger brother David who developed polio at a young age.

Schwartz (December 20 1916 – November 4 1995) was a sociology professor at Brandeis University and an author. He was the subject of the best-selling book Tuesdays With Morrie which was publiMorrie Schwartzd in 1997 and later made into a movie.