Lexicographers are language reporters.

People say to me, ‘How do I know if a word is real?’ You know, anybody who’s read a children’s book knows that love makes things real. If you love a word, use it. That makes it real.

By the time the traditionally male lexicographers become interested in looking at fashion words, their origins are lost in the mists of time.

Aging has been bad ever since we figured out it led to dying.

Serendipity is when you find things you weren't looking for because finding what you are looking for is so damned difficult.

Experiences is just paying attention as time passes.

I also think people should never turn down an opportunity to hold a baby. There's something about the feeling of a new baby in your arms that just fixes you.

Language is a nice way to remember things.

All language is a popularity contest.

You can weaponize nice... Being nice can make you be a little underestimated.

if you want someone to stop listening to you go ahead and yell. If you want them to listen to every word, whisper. -Mimi

Sometimes I forget that I can hurt you. That you are capable of being hurt

Are we truly acting from principle and not from interest? Surely it is at least convenient that for us the two coincide.

The cure of even one solid cancer in adults, Farber knew, would singularly revolutionize oncology. It would provide the most concrete proof that this was a winnable war.

Sailing, the most expensive way to travel 3rd class

We should open ourselves to the impossible and embrace a psychology of possibility.

Believe me, when my ‘personal endowments’ are being discussed, I always pay attention.” ~ Cam Rohan

I know nothing of the science of astrology and I consider it to be a science, if it is a science, of doubtful value, to be severely left alone by those who have any faith in Providence.

Taking the leap felt appropriate. Only it wasn’t just a short hop. It was a full plunge off a cliff.

Don't ruin a good today by thinking of a bad yesterday, Let it go!

Philadelphia, wonderful town, spent a week there one night