If you say there is no such thing as morality in absolute terms, then child abuse is not evil, it just may not happen to be your thing.

Keep your eyes open and try to catch people in your company doing something right, then praise them for it.

I was in charge. Of it all. All the time. For ever.

Never put a sock in a toaster.

I think family dynamics are definitely very interesting. And in my case my sister did get married. She gave my parents a grandchild.

Every essay - the subject matter of every essay - is ultimately about the essayist; him or herself. That ultimately, every essayist is writing about his or her view of the world.

Recognizing that there is more heartbreak in continuous disappointment than a void.

It is an excellent circumstance that hospitality grows best where it is most needed.

Over the last two years, I have been able to comb through The Prince's archives. I have been free to read his journals, diaries and many thousands of the letters.

Then there's politics. Just imagine politics with its dumbbell element subtracted. There would be no Republican candidates. There would be no Democratic voters. The whole system would collapse.