That's the problem with having a moral code. We want to destroy the jerkish part of the jerks, but we want to save the human being underneath.

Her vulnerability is open, but she’s safe within it.

How amazing it is that friendships can become so full that you can't imagine what your life was like before them.

If there's one thing I've learned, it's this: We all want everything to be okay. We don't even wish so much for fantastic or marvelous or outstanding. We will happily settle for okay, because most of the time, okay is enough.

Pride is allowed to have an element of worry, especially when you are a mother.

People are rarely as attractive in reality as they are in the eyes of the people who are in love with them. Which is, I suppose, as it should be.

One of my best friends is named David Leventhal, and it has always been a constant source of amusement to see how the similarity and differences play out in our lives.