Husbands come and go; children come and eventually they go. Friends grow up and move away. But the one thing that's never lost is your sister.

By listening, by caring, by playing you back to yourself, friends ratify your better instincts and endorse your unique worth. Friends validate you.

A seasoned woman is spicy. She has been marinated in life experiences. Like a complex wine, she can be alternately sweet, tart, sparkling, mellow. She is both maternal and playful. Assured, alluring, and resourceful.

The [Hillary] Clinton campaign was still operating with a White House mentality.

The delights of self-discovery are always available.

The secret in the search for meaning is to find your passion and pursue it.

My mother had demonstrated that the best way to defeat the numbing ambivalence of middle age is to surprise yourself - by pulling off some cartwheel of thought or action never even imagined at a younger age.