While liberals had embraced Obama as someone who had left-wing progressive ideas, the truth is that by personality he's a very incremental guy.

All parents should be aware that when they mock or curse gay people, they may be mocking or cursing their own child.

Down time is where we become ourselves... a hiatus that passes for boredom but is really the quiet moving of the wheels inside that fuel creativity.

the joy of someone who had been a reader all her life, whose world had been immeasurably enlarged by the words of others.

I would be the most content if my children grew up to be the kind of people who think decorating consists mostly of building enough bookshelves.

Now the baby boomers, i.e., us, are getting older, and were suddenly discovering that there are great things about getting older. You have time for your friendships and you appreciate them in ways that you didn't before.

A finished person is a boring person.