Writers don't often say anything that readers don't already know, unless its a news story. A writer's greatest pleasure is revealing to people things they knew but did not know they knew. Or did not realize everyone else knew, too. This produces a warm sense of fellow feeling and is the best a writer can do.

I've learned... that just one person saying to me, 'You've made my day!' makes my day.

The best thing about a vacation is planning it.

Christians talk as though goodness was their idea but good behavior doesn't have any religious origin. Our prisons are filled with the devout.

I've learned .... That opportunities are never lost; someone will take the ones you miss.

I've learned... That love, not time, heals all wounds.

Most of the people in the world are good and decent if you give them a chance to be.