A boy is not free to find a partner of his own as long as he must be the partner to his mother.

Bad marriages don't cause infidelity; infidelity causes bad marriages.

The secret to having a good marriage is to understand that marriage must be total, it must be permanent, and it must be equal.

Love is not something people feel, but something people try to express no matter how they feel.

The more things we can laugh about, the more alive we become: The more things we can laugh about together, the more connected we become.

Fidelity is the single most important element in solidly enduring marriages.

Marriage, like a submarine, is only safe if you get all the way inside.

Fathering makes a man, whatever his standing in the eyes of the world, feel strong and good and important, just as he makes his child feel loved and valued.

Marriage isn't supposed to make you happy - it's supposed to make you married.

Fathering is the most masculine thing a man can do.

Parents can make us distrust ourselves. To them, we seem always to be works-in-progress.

History is the enemy of memory.

I wish we would all just fall apart so I wouldn't have to listen to the downfall happen, so slowly, so painfully.

Lindsay [Doran] goes round the table and introduces everyone -- making it clear that I am present in the capacity of writer rather than actress, therefore no one has to be too nice to me.

As for diet, there is no biblical diet that is required for God’s people today as there was in the Old Testament.

The promise, made when I am in love, to be true to the beloved as long as I live, commits me to being true even if I cease to be in love.

I'm a kibitzer with a broad portfolio.

My mom used to tell me: It's not what you weigh; it's what you look like.

So fair, so cold; like a morning of pale spring still clinging to winter's chill.

There are still people who believe in that and wake up every day believing it's possible, and invest their whole selves in that.

It must require bravery to be honest all the time.