Just because everyone around you is playing small, doesn't mean that you aren't entitled to dreaming big.

It was amazing how many books one could fit into a room, assuming one didn't want to move around very much.

Sometimes, some of you speak about god, and I mistake him for an abusive lover you're trying to escape.

Mother Teresa would seek no other pulpit than the hovels of the poor, and no other sermon than her works of love, performed for the unloved, in God's name.

And then it all came rushing back

When my parents separated, I was very grateful.

If you can't say something nice about a person, go ahead

Who longs in solitude to live, Ah! soon his wish will gain: Men hope and love, men get and give, and leave him to his pain.

Heal the world! Stop the hate. Lend a helping hand to those in need.

I told my kids, "Someday, you'll have kids of your own." One of them said, "So will you."

Esquire needs to be more like a mommy blog