Humor is a show of both strength and of vulnerability: you are willing to make the first move but you are trusting in the response of your listener.

Interestingly, anger and lust are also elusive states once they have passed. Trying to recall why you were angry about something when you've calmed down is like trying to remember why you were in love with someone who no longer attracts you: the initial impulse triggering the emotion is impossible to recapture.

If anger were mileage, I'd be a very frequent flyer, right up there in First Class.

Most cooks would not, for example, prepare an important, elaborate, and difficult dish on the back-burner. Neither should we relegate the cultivation and preparation of happiness for a position where it is both hard to reach and difficult to infuse with new ingredients.

While I do not believe the earth loaned to us by our ancestors should be plagued by chemical horrors and thereby corrupted for future generations, neither do I believe I should have to face anything that has more eyes than I have during dinner. It was my rule when I was dating and, heck, it's still my rule now.

Birthdays are a reward for having shown up 365 days in a row. It's like getting a badge for attendance.

I personally translated the word 'vendetta' as Italian for 'What do you mean, "you want to see other women"?