Saving time, it seems, has a primacy that's too rarely examined.

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.

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.

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

we have made an extraordinary transition. From moral absolutes to moral relativism. ... Moral problems become medical ones and yesterday's sinners become today's patients.

Parents remain our touchstones, fellow travelers, even after death. They are both missing and present.

Ultimately, time is all you have and the idea isn't to save it, but to savour it.