Marriage is like a well-built porch. If one of the two posts leans too much, the porch collapses. So each must be strong enough to stand on its own.

People are secretive when they have secrets.

It made me wonder how many times we forgive just because we don't want to lose someone, even if they don't deserve our forgiveness.

I love to see those paragliders weaving softly around Moon Point, their legs floating above you in the air. When they drift in for a landing, their feet touch the ground and they trot forward from the continued motion of the glider, which billows down like a setting sun. I never get tired of watching them and I've seen them thousands of times. I always wondered what that kind of freedom would feel like.

One of the hardest tasks as a human being is knowing when to keep an open mind, and when not to.

The world was large, so large. Bigger than it had been before. Family, too, a bigger word. That felt like a good thing. An essential thing. There was power in numbers.

You've got to say what you mean and mean what you say...Doubt in your voice is an open door people will shove right through.