I wonder if novels work for women because they give us a safe place to talk about our ish.

Divorce isn't such a tragedy. A tragedy's staying in an unhappy marriage, teaching your children the wrong things about love. Nobody ever died of divorce.

I've learned that some broken things stay broken, and I've learned that you can get through bad times and keep looking for better ones, as long as you have people who love you.

Sometimes the worst thing that happens to you, the thing you think you can't survive...it's the thing that makes you better than you used to be.

You should be concerned about the state of your soul, not the state of your bank account.

He loved me. He loved me, but he doesn't love me anymore, and it's not the end of the world.

Everyone has sorrow. Everyone has obligations. Everyone keeps going. You lean on the people who love you. You do the best you can, and you keep going.

People will want you to behave a certain way, to make a certain choice because it reinforces the way they see the world...But you have to do what's right for you.

My feeling about my own work is, I could be writing 'The Aeneid' and they would still have to call it chick lit or mommy lit or menopausal old hag lit.

Head's all empty, I don't care,' he'd sing to me, quoting the Grateful Dead, and I'd force a smile, thinking that my head was never empty and that if it ever was, you could be darn sure I'd care.

Read everything. Read fiction and non-fiction, read hot best sellers and the classics you never got around to in college.

Forever friends are a treasure chest of understanding and compassion. Cherish them.

And round about there is a rabbleOf the filthy, sturdy, unkillable infants of the very poor.They shall inherit the earth.

Emotions tend to get in the way of a good argument.

Creativity is that marvelous capacity to grasp mutually distinct realities and draw a spark from their juxtaposition.

But when nothing in your life happens in a positive frame, it is difficult to think positively and hope for the best.

If you think I'm annoying and preachy now, you should have known me in grade school.

We'd forgive most things if we knew the facts.

An oxymoron? What's that? A moron who studies at Oxford?

Most of us employ the Internet not to seek the best information, but rather to select information that confirms our prejudices .

Dear doctor, you must not only let the patient tells his story, but you should also try to understand it.