We have no control over fate and history, but we can control how we conduct ourselves in this life.

We have no control over fate and history, but we can control how we conduct ourselves in this life.

That's the thing about a great book. Every time you read it, it's different, because you're different. You've changed since the last time you picked it up, things have happened to you.

My Macbook is my new boyfriend, except that he's dependable and meets all my demands.

We like to look for patterns and find connections in unrelated events. This way we can explain them to ourselves. Life seems neater, or at least less messy. We need to feel we are in control: it is integral to our self-esteem. We also know, though we deny it, that we are not in control. So we settle for the illusions of control. What if we stopped fooling ourselves?

Never, ever point out that a woman is eating too much.

The reason men rule is because women let them.