That's because you've never been one. You haven't spent years wearing someone else's clothes, taking someone else's name, living in someone else's houses, and working someone else's job to fit in. And if you don't sell out, then you run away... proving you're the Gypsy they said you were all along.

Polar north can't get away from a magnet; the magnet finds it, no matter what.

How could I not have seen this coming, when I looked into your eyes and vowed to be with you forever?

Peter was, simply, what a person would look like if you boiled down the most raw emotions and filtered them of any social contract. If you hurt, cry. If you rage, strike out. If you hope, get ready for a disappointment.

Like the teens I worked with, I understood the need for miracles--they kept reality from paralyzing you

I realized it was like looking into the sun—you shouldn't do it, because you'd turn your face away and be blind to everything else.

I'm grateful for my children, who are slowly emerging to become their own wonderful, interesting, compassionate young adults - which makes me believe that along the way I must have done something right.