So when modern-day religious conservatives wax nostalgic about how marriage is a sacred tradition that reaches back into history for thousands of uninterrupted years, they are absolutely correct, but in only one respect-only if they happen to be talking about Judaism.

They say that there are three kinds of people in the world. There are people who never learn one way or another anything; there are people who learn from their own mistakes, eventually and with great pain; and then there are the really wise people who learn from other people's mistakes and spare themselves the suffering.

Who loves you most? Who loves you best? Who thinks of you when others rest?

Dear Lord, please show me everything I need to understand about forgiveness and surrender

I think that if you can roast a chicken, you can get whatever you want out of a woman.

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

There are times when the only access I have to the truest person that I am is when I'm alone and trying to solve a sentence. It's exciting, even when it's frustrating, even when I can't do it right.