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.

Looking for the perfect day is not going to make us happy, because that day isn't going to come.

Conventional wisdom tells us we'll only be happier after a divorce if the marriage itself was a war zone.

In my experience, staying in a marriage that my ex and I both agreed had all its best moments behind it was epically depressing.

I always do like seeing other people dance in their cars. It's one of the things that makes me happy.

When I was a kid, my mother's parenting style teetered between benign neglect and intense bouts of violence.

In our cultural history, all emotions have been more culturally acceptable to women.