So many people choose silence after the immediate wake of a death out of fear of saying something out of turn or "bringing up bad memories" that bereaved people often feel forgotten.

It is so tempting to return rudeness with rudeness!

If you don't like potlucks, the solution to your problem is "don't go to potlucks," not "insist other people don't have them."

Reconciliation is not possible when one party asks the other to obliterate all signs of their relationship.

Depression cannot be overcome by listing a series of good things in one's life, any more than a broken foot can be healed by thinking about all the other bones you have that aren't broken.

Bad dental hygiene can lead to respiratory infections and an increased risk for heart disease and strokes.

There has to be some kind of personal hygiene bar that a person needs to clear in order for a relationship to be successful.

You can care very much about someone without being capable of becoming their primary caregiver in the event of their parents' untimely death.

Asexuality does not make our lives any worse or any better, we just face a different set of challenges than most sexual people.

It's one thing to be a high achiever; it's quite another to privately sneer at your girlfriend's friends after feigning friendliness because they have the "misfortune" to drive a bus for a living.

LGBT youth face a much higher risk of violence and homelessness after being rejected by their family of origin.

So he tasted the deep pain that is reserved only for the strong, just as he had tasted for a little while the deep happiness.

It’s okay to be crazy and scared and brave at the same time!

Love, above all things, is a commitment to your choice.

Style is art and fashion is everything. Personal expression should reflect the best of who you are and respected without being misunderstood.

Difficult years lie ahead, patience is required.

I'm very competitive but in a very nice way

Straw purchasing is illegal.

Alaska decided to go help Dolores with dinner. She said that it was sexist to leave the cooking to the women, but better to have good sexist food than crappy boy-prepared food.

I've dated attractive people and I don't find a correlation between amorous enthusiasm and beauty and public figure status.

I confess I've never felt like a passenger.