There's a reason why the assumed goal for women in virginity-movement screeds is marriage and motherhood only: The movement only believes that's the only thing women are meant for.

I make time for joy every day.

His name is Marcus: he is four and a half and possesses that deep gravity and seriousness that only small children and mountain gorillas have ever been able to master.

Memory, imagination, and passionately responding in accord with the deeply embedded impulse to act with decency are pliable mechanisms that we can employ to attain happiness.

Leadership is about inspiration with character, not manipulation with position!

When I'm sad I tend to slide in to day dream and sing along whatever I hear on the radio.

Tis enough - Who listens once will listen twice Her heart be sure is not of ice And one refusal no rebuff.

Law without penalty is only advise.

This can't last. This misery can't last. I must remember that and try to control myself. Nothing lasts really. Neither happiness nor despair. Not even life lasts very long.

When some English moralists write about the importance of having character, they appear to mean only the importance of having a dull character.

I feel lucky, happy and philosophical about it all.