you can't really know the person standing before you, because always there is some missing piece

Sometimes the strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws.

Of the two hundred bones in the human body, more than a quarter are in the foot. It is a more complicated instrument than an automobile transmission, and it is treated with far less consideration.

Don’t try to make life a mathematics problem with yourself in the center and everything coming out equal. When you’re good, bad things can still happen. And if you’re bad, you can still be lucky.

Quit smoking, and observe posted speed limits. This will improve your odds of getting old enough to be wise.

People read books to escape the uncertainties of life.

Root out all the "to be" verbs in your prose and bludgeon them until dead. No "It was" or "they are" or "I am." Don't let it be, make it happen.