I have a lot of trouble forgiving myself for being so dumb... But yes, of course, the big generous compassionate view that you should take of yourself and of all events is: what a glorious circus train this has been, and what a wonderful messy parade, and all of those steps took me here, where I precisely need to be now, so God bless it.

I wondered, "Why have I been chasing happiness my whole life when bliss was here the entire time?

Nobody's really paying that much attention to your massive personal dramas.

You might get nothing out of it at all except a beautiful, long life where all you did was follow your gorgeous curiosity. And that should be enough too.

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

The love that moves the sun and the other stars.

There are always two figures in a marriage, two votes, two conflicting sets of decisions, desires and limitations.