Mamma says if we stay so focused on our past failings, we won't be able to move beyond them and learn what we need to know.

Mamma says we would be wise to remember that what goes around usually comes back around to us - the good or the bad - depending on which we dish out.

Mamma says gratitude helps us to see what is there instead of what isn't.

When it comes to words Mamma says, "If they are not good, then maybe they should not be said.

Mamma says she is quite certain that "how old is too old?" is not a question known to the Lord.

his yellow eyes gazed at me possessively -- I wondered if he realized that the way he looked at me was far more intimate than copping a feel could ever be.

​Everything that makes you, you, is a biologically existential expression of your entire brain.

Lingering is so very lonely when one lingers all alone.

My goal has been to encourage jointness, to push people to think of affiliations rather than to operate as solo entrepreneurs.

I think you have an obligation to be honest.

One corpse in a well destroys the viability of the well.

Every writer and artist wonders what in the world people of other professions can find to live for.

You can't do progressive government from the inside. You have to rally those outsiders and make them a force.

As travelers, it is our responsibility to adapt, otherwise we miss the whole point: the opportunity to gain a new perspective.

She wanted—what some people want throughout life—a grief that should deeply touch her, and thus humanize and make her capable of sympathy.