It is understandable that the perspectives of men and women on safety are so different - men and women live in different worlds. [...] At core, men are afraid women will laugh at them, while at core, women are afraid men will kill them.

Persistence only proves persistence-it does not prove love. The fact that a romantic pursuer is relentless doesn't mean you are special-it means he is troubled.

Denial is a save now, pay later scheme.

No matter how famous the victim, no matter how powerful the advocates, it simply isn't always possible to control the conduct of other people.

The solution to violence in America is the acceptance of reality

Every day people engaged in the clever defiance of their own intuition become, in midthought, victims of violence and accidents. So when we wonder why we are victims so often, the answer is clear: It is because we are so good at it.

Niceness is a decision, a strategy of social interaction; it is not a character trait.