Unfortunately, I think the expectation is that birthday girls don't pay.

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.

Christianity preaches the infinite worth of that which is seemingly worthless and the infinite worthlessness of that which is seemingly so valued.

Evil events from evil causes spring.

Some of the snowballs have a kind of animal energy. Not just because of the materials inside them, but in the way that they appear caged, captured.

The walk of Faith is to live according to the revelation we have received, in the midst of the mysteries we can't explain.

I like the challenges of doing different things. It keeps things fresh for me.

The crowning characteristic of love is always loyalty

A contented mind is the best source for trouble.

Choices lead to habits. Habits become talents. Talents are labeled gifts. You’re not born this way, you get this way.

The past is the past. Don't let it kill you.

One might as well legalise sodomy as recognise the Bolsheviks.