I think we'd all hate to be the one who gets declared undateable by one's entire grad-school population based on a couple of told and retold stories.

There's nothing like a good family when you're really up a tree.

Live in the moment, this moment, your moment. That is by far and without meaningful rival The Best Position to put yourself in to discover and delight in who your children turn out to be, whoever they turn out to be.

No matter what else comes, your courage will be your companion for life.

Your job is to be you, which includes being the chief beneficiary of all things you do right, the chief victim of all you do wrong, and the one person on Earth who has to live with every choice you make. As gatekeeper to your life, you’re it.

It's okay to forgive yourself immediately and for good.

The most reliable ways to make oneself miserable are attempting to change people and not attempting to change circumstances.