The third rule of life is this: Everything you buy today is smaller, more expensive, and not as good as it was yesterday.

I've learned .... That when you harbor bitterness, happiness will dock elsewhere.

Soap, like people, shouldn't smell like anything.

I've learned... That sometimes all a person needs is a hand to hold and a heart to understand.

I am not retiring. Writers don't retire. Writers never stop writing.

Love is more pleasant once you get out of your twenties. It doesn't hurt all the time.

A little-recognized value of listening and inquiring relates to the realization that in human relationships, it is frequently not what the I've learned ... that it is best to give advice in only two circumstances: when it is requested and when it is a life-threatening situation.