We mute the realization of malevolence- which is too threatening to bear - by turning offenders into victims themselves and by describing their behavior as the result of forces beyond their control.

It wasn't so hard being like your parents or 180 degrees the other way. What was hard was not being one way or the other.

Somebody needs to invent a shower for the mind, not just the body.

narcissists ... have the least sense of self of anybody on the planet.

If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, you're probably in the wrong bathroom.

Wasn't growing catnip in one's yard the kitty equivalent of giving candy to children?

I always do a mental audit at the end of the week to make sure I'm balancing time between my career and my personal life.

Barry Goldwater once said ruefully, and I know how he feels. "It's a great country, where anybody can grow up to be President . . . except me."

Silence may be as variously shaded as speech.

The Mass is very long and tiresome unless one loves God.

Reformed rakes make the best husbands,"Violet said. "Rubbish and you know it." -Anthony to Violet

You make sacrifices to become a mother, but you really find yourself and your soul.

I promise myself that I would go and do a play every year.

, and they could name a handful.