Dogs are the closest we come to knowing the divine love of God on this side of eternity.

I go to church every Sunday, which is like going to the gas station once a week and really, really filling up.

Gratitude, not understanding, is the secret to joy and equanimity.

Forgiveness means it finally becomes unimportant that you hit back.

I never had a particularly strong craving to procreate, except for earlier fantasies of wanting to be Marmee in Little Women.

Toddlers can make you feel as if you have violated some archaic law in their personal Koran and you should die, infidel.

I'm kind of a gossip hound, but watching the media whip the small fires into giant forest fires so that they can cover the result is infuriating.