The beauty of being a woman, as the French say, "of a certain age", is that I can be invisible. Young people, both men and women, look right through me, unless I make the effort to be noticed.

Research is the process of going up alleys to see if they are blind.

How much your life sucks, or how awesome your life is, is really all determined by how much fear controls your life.

A clever quote opens new paths in the minds of the clever!

Gratitude is a duty which ought to be paid but which none have a right to expect.

The person who experiences greatness must have a feeling for the myth he is in.

In America there must be only citizens, not divided by grade, first and second, but citizens, east, west, north, and south.

Nothing comes merely by thinking about it.

Seeing the way that God has been faithful to work what appears to be a tragedy for our good and His glory has been the greatest source of joy and comfort. The gift of a son is pretty amazing as well.

In this, the late afternoon of my life, I wonder: am I casting a longer shadow or is my shadow casting a shorter me?

A father should be his son's first hero, and his daughters first love.