It's much better to be apart and wish you were together than to be together and wish you were apart.

I was suppose to write a book about being a mom, to organize my thoughts into chapters and figure out a structure to hang them on, to make a lasting point, but somehow I decided to go ahead and become a mother instead.

It's much better to be apart and wish you were together than to be together and wish you were apart.

Maybe the biggest problem with loneliness is that we walk around thinking we're the only ones suffering from it.

You plant a garden one flower at a time. ... You write a book one word at a time, clean a closet one shelf at a time, run a marathon one step at a time. If you feel defeated by some large task, get your spade and dig the first hole.

Isolation is aloneness that feels forced upon you, like a punishment. Solitude is aloneness you choose and embrace. I think great things can come out of solitude, out of going to a place where all is quiet except the beating of your heart.

You can make your life so much larger simply be acknowledging everyone else's.