Many people have a novel inside them, but most don't bother to get it out.

They don't like the thought of someone else making demands on the person whom they see as belonging entirely to them.

What we all want, really, is to be loved. That craving drives our worst behavior.

There are some weapons you can't protect yourself against.

When you have been burned by fire once, you don't leap into the flames again.

parenting isn't a noun but a verb--an ongoing process instead of an accomplishment. And that no matter how many years you put into the job, the learning curve is, well, fairly flat.

Extraordinary things are always hiding in places people never think to look.