Nothing is so essential as dignity…Time will reveal who has it and who has it not.

Listen to the whispers or soon you will be listening to the screams.

This was not my moment to be seeking romance and (as day follows night) to further complicate my already knotty life. This was my moment to look for the kind of healing and peace that can only come from solitude.

Nobody until very recently would have thought that their husband was supposed to be their best friend, confidante, intellectual soul mate, co-parent, inspiration.

Marriage is - among other things - a study in contradiction and disappointment, and inside that reality there is space for us to truly learn how to love.

At some point, you gotta let go, and sit still, and allow contentment to come to you.

A fish and a bird may indeed fall in love, but where shall they live?