The central paradox of motherhood is that while our children become the absolute center of our lives, they must also push us backout in the world.... But motherhood that can narrow our lives can also broaden them. It can make us focus intensely on the moment and invest heavily in the future.

You can fire your secretary, divorce your spouse, abandon your children. But they remain your co-authors forever.

Maybe this year, we ought to walk through the rooms of our lives not looking for flaws, but looking for potential.

I have never been especially impressed by the heroics of people convinced they are about to change the world. I am more awed by those who struggle to make one small difference.

In today's amphetamine world of news junkies, speed trumps thoughtfulness too often.

women who once aspired to the image of superwoman now worry about becoming superdrudge. Those who wanted to have it all now ask whether they have to do it all.

You can teach someone who cares to write columns, but you can’t teach someone who writes columns to care.