My dad used to say that living with regrets was like driving a car that only moved in reverse.

We all know that a sky with clouds in it is much more interesting than one that doesn’t have any.

The best place to cry is on a mother's arms.

On the other hand, I think cats have Asperger's. Like me, they're very smart. And like me, sometimes they simply need to be left alone.

We're [parents]) always bluffing, pretending we know best, when most of the time we're just praying we won't screw up too badly.

I don't know what he means by that, but I nod and smile at him. You'd be surprised at how far that response can get you in a conversation where you are completely confused.

Motherhood is a Sisyphean task. You finish sewing one seam shut, and another rips open. I have come to believe that this life I'm wearing will never really fit.

It's the child who's supposed to cry, and the mom who makes it all better, not the other way around, which is why mothers will move heaven and earth to hold it together in front of their own kids.

It's never the differences between people that surprise us. It's the things that, against all odds, we have in common.

Then Henry speaks again. "Did he do it?"I turn to him slowly. "Does it matter?

I [Jacob Hunt, Aspie] see it as the next step of evolution: I cannot take away your sadness, so why should I acknowledge it?

Act one: put your characters in a tree. Act two: throw rocks at them. Act three: get them down again.

Singularity in the right hath ruined many; happy those who are convinced of the general opinion.

A lot of people, quite frankly, think intense attachments to animals are weird and suspect, the domain of people who can't quite handle attachments to humans.

Sometimes I use my jokes as building blocks for larger bits. I like to draw and play music, so sometimes I do those things along with the jokes.

Just so far as we are pleased at finding faults, are we displeased at finding perfection.

I left London in 1992, but I'm there 3-4 times a year, and love visiting.

Of what use are pedigrees, or to be thought of noble blood, or the display of family portraits, O Ponticus?

Yeah, I can dig that... SUCKAAAAAAAAAA!

We need to talk with each other, honestly, simply, caringly.

Mindfulness meditation doesn't change life. Life remains as fragile and unpredictable as ever. Meditation changes the heart's capacity to accept life as it is.