The things that go wrong often make the best memories.

Time waits for no ovary.

The absence of feeling bad isn't enough to make you happy; you must strive to find sources of feeling good

We need to have intimate, enduring bonds; we need to be able to confide; we need to feel that we belong; we need to be able to get support, and just as important for happiness, to give support. We need many kinds of relationships; for one thing, we need friends.

Enthusiasm is more important than innate ability, it turns out, because the single more important element in developing an expertise is your willingness to practice.

We tend to overestimate what we can do in a short period, and underestimate what we can do over a long period.

Happiness is hard because it's very subjective. I know the people that seem happiest to me, but whether they are actually - what they're really like inside is really hard to say.