Boundaries are the lines we draw that mark off our autonomy and that of other people, that protect our privacy and that of others. Boundaries allow for intimate connection without dissolving or losing one's sense of self.

Be real and be unashamed, even of your faults. I do truly know what my husband is made of and vice versa.

All intimacy is rare-that's what makes it precious.

Great sex is not a pleasant soak in the tub, with the scented candle burning. Great sex is more like a bomb exploding inside your right mind.

I met Jay Jonhson. I won him the way poor people occasionally win the lottery: Shameless perseverance and embarrassingly dumb luck, and every time I see one of those sly, toothless, beaten-down souls on TV holding a winning ticket, I think, Go, team.

You are imperfect, permanently and inevitably flawed. And you are beautiful.

Be real and unashamed. Even of your faults.