Remember what your mama told you about honey and vinegar: Be nice, and you’ll catch more flies, if nothing else.

There are different kinds and degrees of love, and they change over time, ripening and deepening and changing us in the process.

People come in and out of our lives, and each of them helps form who we are and who we are to become.

Cultivate an appreciation and passion for books. I’m using passion in the fullest sense of the word: a deep, fervent emotion, a state of intense desire; an enthusiastic ardor for something or someone.

Sometimes we laugh to keep from crying, but the important thing is to laugh, every chance we get.

Remember what your mama told you about honey and vinegar: Be nice, and you’ll catch more flies, if nothing else.

Mother's Day is coming up soon. If you're lucky enough to still have your mother, tell her you're grateful to her [...] at some point, we must forgive each other for being flawed human beings. Many of us have trouble putting love or gratitude into words, but keep in mind that out actions always reveal our feelings. Always.