I have four or five ideas that just keep floating around and I want to kind of just let one - like a beautiful butterfly, let it land somewhere.

What a generous thing that is, I realize, for a husband to try to make his wife laugh.

He was one of those guys who'd pronounce I'm a hugger as he came at you, neglecting to ask if the feeling was mutual.

Love makes you want to be a better man. But maybe love, real love, also gives you permission to just be the man you are.

Don't be discouraged - every relationship you have is a failure, until you find the right one.

She released her grievances like handfuls of birdseed: They are there, and they are gone.

The worst feeling: when you just have to wait and prepare yourself for the lie.