There's nothing wrong with being happy somewhere, even if it's the little pond you grew up in, as long as you are in fact comfortable vs. bored.

Minimizing exposure to miserable people is nothing short of a life strategy.

Relationships are complicated, but happiness in a relationship isn't: It's just wanting exactly what you have. Wanting something else is dispiriting.

I do crosswords when I have time to kill somewhere, and am 100 percent successful on filling in the spots I get stuck on - after I close up, do something else, and then go back to it.

No matter what else comes, your courage will be your companion for life.

It's hard to send your baby off on a plane without you, though that's less reasonable, because sending him off in a car is statistically a bigger risk.

You don't want someone who can't tell the difference between having a different opinion and dismissing your opinion.

When in doubt, respond to what you witness, not what you hear secondhand.

Instead of talking at each other about the non-business-related contact, talk to each other about your concerns about marriage. Listen a lot, too.

When people get more frustrated by their indecision than by the situation that prompted it, clarity often follows.

The most reliable ways to make oneself miserable are attempting to change people and not attempting to change circumstances.

God formed an alliance based on the world as it is, full of flaws, whereas prayer calls God to account for the world as it should be.

She could tell he was heading toward a bad place. She had seen him go there often enough, knew he had shortcuts he could take to get there in no time.

If you're making a conscious effort…someone should be meeting you on the same page. Don't be silly be smart.

In a story, you can turn to the front and begin again and everyone lives once more. That doesn't work in real life. And I love my real people the most.

The economy is in trouble, schools are in trouble, and people have been leaving the city in droves for a long, long time.

I think it's more funny how every bit of information is up for grabs.

History makes the point time and time again No greater mischief can be created than to merge the power of religion with the power of government.

Success is the development of the power with which to get whatever one wants in life without interfering with the rights of others.

Being in love was like China: you knew it was there, and no doubt it was very interesting, and some people went there, but I never would.

God created the world and then created the devil, to blame for his mistakes.