[from a reader] I hope she learns to look for the joy in life instead of picking out negatives - it will change her life for the better.

Unsolicited advice is always self-serving.

People don't change when they don't acknowledge their actions.

Climb aboard life's elevator, hit the "up" button, and see where it takes you.

Sometimes the way through someone's tough outer shell is to do something obvious, thoughtful and sweet.

This is a tough situation. But it is what it is, and time has an amazing way of knitting together solutions as long as everybody stays calm and resolves to be as gentle and patient as possible.

Bullies never want to acknowledge their own actions. They want to move through life without reflection or apology.

Ask 10 people about their family relationships and at least five of them will report an estrangement.

When you are criticizing someone, you should speak only to your own experience - not others'.

Bullies often act out by marshaling aggression to cover up for insecurity.

When the choice is between a demanding relationship and a vintage pickup truck, I'll choose the truck every time.

This girl who's slept a hundred years has something after all. It's called Centuryitis, and it has turned me into a man. Oh, what will mamma think when she sees me?!-Karen Quan and Jarod Kintz

A continual diet of the Word satisfies, and it builds an appetite for more.

You can either complain about how hard your life is, or you can realize that only you are responsible for it.

Visionaries see beyond the boundaries of an eyesight.

They were saying computers deal with numbers. This was absolutely nonsense. Computers deal with arbitrary information of any kind.

God, I want to die in you.

The waves most washed me off the raft sometimes, but I hadn't any clothes on, and didn't mind.

When I was happy I thought I knew men, but it was fated that I should know them in misfortune only.

And then there is Cate Blanchett. She is different all the time.

The best of times is now.