I hated skiing or any other sport where there was an ambulance waiting at the bottom of the hill.

Before you try to keep up with the Joneses, be sure they're not trying to keep up with you.

I never go to a college reunion that I don't come away feeling sorry for all those paunchy, balding jocks trying to hang onto youth. I feel sorry for the men, too.

If the nest is truly empty, who owns all this junk?

When children reach the age of sixteen, they discover the meaning of life: car keys.

I remember thinking how often we look, but never see ... we listen, but never hear ... we exist, but never feel. We take our relationships for granted. A house is only a place. It has no life of its own. It needs human voices, activity and laughter to come alive.

Why take pride in cooking, when they don't take pride in eating?