Poverty, her mother has written, makes you clever, and Honora knows that this is true.

You have to do what your heart dictates, " Vivian says. "Do you believe that?""Not sure, actually. It's always annoyingly inconvenient, isn't it, the thing about the heart?

One day a man has a job, and life is full of possibilities. The next day the job and the car are gone, and the man cannot look his wife in the eye.

And though her husband will appear to come alive, she knows that it is lust - too quickly ignited and too quickly extinguished - that animates him.

True, life is complex. But so are a great many accidents.

The leader goes also to the less traditional networking meetings. The manager participates in networking events organized and promoted.

But that is what these people do - the Steves of this world - they all try and make something out of nothing. and they all do it for themselves.

A love of books, of holding a book, turning its pages, looking at its pictures, and living its fascinating stories goes hand-in-hand with a love of learning.

I'd go from film to film and almost detach from one world and jump in another. I was living as these people and not having a self. I didn't know who I was. And things just get really dark.

Silence makes me feel vulnerable.

A child's instinct is almost perfect in the matter of fighting. The child's hero is always the man or boy who defends himself suddenly and splendidly against aggression.

Its extremely important to have a loyal fan base and be receptive to them.

The hardest thing about having three kids is trying to find a balance, because there's always the odd man out, and you also need to make sure each child gets the attention he or she needs.

All we can do to prepare rightly for tomorrow is to do the right thing today.