Friendship is so much healthier than other crutches -alcohol or TV or religious fanaticism. One healthy crutch shouldn't be against the rules.

Catharsis comes from the ancient Greek word...which literally translated means 'to pass a hard stool'

Whenever a woman says 'We need to talk,' it means she's reached a decision and it's already too late for you to talk back.

Once you get used to being treated like you matter, it's hard to uproot and move somewhere where you don't.

Bravery isn't what you do so much as how you look back at what you did.

Something has to matter. Otherwise, a person's life will be miserable and empty.

Traumatic events always happen exactly two years before I reach the maturity level to deal with them.

Manic depressives have all the luck; they soar between crashes. The best us regular depressives can do is battle our way up to normal every now and then.

Hysteria means the same thing with either laughter or tears.

Contrary to what we've been told, children can detect deceit in parents much easier than parents can detect deceit in children.

The instinct to notice changes gives women a tremendous advantage over men.

Maybe it's not the first kisses that are meant to be special. Maybe it's the last ones.

I know how it feels when people look right through you, or worse, see you as something or someone other than what you are.

What is human is immortal!

You can choose not to sit on the fence. You can choose not to criticise. You must stand as guard at the door of your own mind and choose to be positive.

There is a place where cerebral an corporeal meet: they call it rowing

There is no division nor subtraction in the heart-arithmetic of a good mother. There are only addition and multiplication.

Surround yourself with good people that keep you grounded, work hard, and be patient.

If you are happy, you are a geezer.

Words sing. They hurt. They teach. They sanctify. They were man's first, immeasurable feat of magic. They liberated us from ignorance and our barbarous past.

I am not without faults and I am far short of perfect. I am dealing with my behavior and personal failings behind closed doors with my family. Those feelings should be shared by us alone.