I think there are different kinds of happiness. We know when we're happy a lot of the time, but then there are those moments that have more of an afterglow, when the happiness has more depth.

Researchers warn us against walking out on married life without a dang good reason.

I'm sure there were plenty of loving, attentive mothers in the 'me generation,' but none of them lived at my house.

Nourish the world with your words, yo.

Settling other people's land is an American tradition.

It is a great paradox and a great injustice that writers write because we fear death and want to leave something indestructible in our wake and, at the same time, are drawn to all the things that kill: whiskey and cigarettes, unprotected sex, and deep-fried burritos.

The last introvert in a world of extroverts. Silence: my response to both emptiness and saturation. But silence frightens people. I had to learn how to talk. Out of politeness.