Adults tell students that it gets better, that the world changes after school, that being 'different' will pay off sometime after graduation. But no one explains to them why.

Social standing does not necessarily translate to social acceptance.

In one survey, respondents listed Princeton as one of the country’s top ten law schools. The problem? Princeton doesn’t have a law school

Random, meaningless groups can adopt an us-versus-them mentality.

It was the fact that they tried so hard that doomed them.

The aging aren't only the old; the aging are all of us.

Although she was gregarious, she inadvertently separated herself from people because she was so often inside her own head, focusing on her creativity.

I figure I'll win the fight in twenty years or so anyways when I end up with a decent life and their unemployed and living at home.

In the minds of their peers, too often students become caricatures of themselves.

Studies have shown that, at least among students, popularity equals visibility.

If teachers are uncomfortable at their own school, they will pass on their uncertainties or negative attitude to students.

Someone's got to do some more research, but I would really like to know: when a CBT therapist really gets distressed, who does he go see?

Character contributes to beauty. It fortifies a woman as her youth fades. A mode of conduct a standard of courage discipline fortitude and integrity can do a great deal to make a woman beautiful.

Laws are to be enforced justly but firmly, with an iron hand. This is the case anywhere, even in a family.

Spurs fans are feeling very boyish about the future

With the marketing pressures driving the book world today, it's much easier to get the author of a memoir on a television show than a serious novelist.

The real challenge for a vegan is getting vitamin B and omega-3s, but you can get those in a vegetarian supplement.

To become balanced, meditate on the heart center in the center of the chest. There you will experience happiness, refinement, sensitivity, beauty, laughter.

Paradoxically, when females reject the male, they usurp the masculine role and abandon the feminine one.

In the final analysis, change sticks when it becomes the way we do things around here.

Lawrence Kelter is an exciting new novelist, who reminds me of an early Robert Ludlum.