I'm sure there are people who can toggle quickly from all-in caregiving to structured socializing, but I can't think of any offhand.

There's nothing wrong with being happy somewhere, even if it's the little pond you grew up in, as long as you are in fact comfortable vs. bored.

Minimizing exposure to miserable people is nothing short of a life strategy.

Relationships are complicated, but happiness in a relationship isn't: It's just wanting exactly what you have. Wanting something else is dispiriting.

I do crosswords when I have time to kill somewhere, and am 100 percent successful on filling in the spots I get stuck on - after I close up, do something else, and then go back to it.

No matter what else comes, your courage will be your companion for life.

It's hard to send your baby off on a plane without you, though that's less reasonable, because sending him off in a car is statistically a bigger risk.

You don't want someone who can't tell the difference between having a different opinion and dismissing your opinion.

When in doubt, respond to what you witness, not what you hear secondhand.

Instead of talking at each other about the non-business-related contact, talk to each other about your concerns about marriage. Listen a lot, too.

When people get more frustrated by their indecision than by the situation that prompted it, clarity often follows.

Just read one book a month and at the end of they year you would be totally different but an impressive personality.

I cried out at the sudden visitation of pain, everyone in a silent church standing in a rustle of suits and dresses to bend back their longest fingernail.

This year my goal will be to learn new vocabulary in English and to read as much as possible books.

If we can't turn the world around we can at least bolster the victims.

Most of the albums that have taken long have been related to illness and fatigue or producer problems.

Are you taking my hat hostage?

The technique of a mass movement aims to infect people with a malady and then offer the movement as a cure.

If you are serious about volleyball, the only months to stop playing are those without a vowel.

The ego seeks to divide and separate. Spirit seeks to unify and heal.

I realize I am very privileged. But there's a difference between being spoiled and privileged.