Sun lighting a child's hair. A friend's embrace. Slow dancing in a safe and quiet place. The pleasures of an ordinary life.

For we lose not only by death, but also by leaving and being left, by changing and letting go and moving on.

Telling a lie is called wrong. Telling the truth is called right. Except when telling the truth is called bad manners and telling a lie is called polite.

We have to divide mother love with our brothers and sisters. Our parents can help us cope with the loss of our dream of absolute love. But they cannot make us believe that we haven't lost it.

No-fault guilt: This is when, instead of trying to figure out who's to blame, everyone pays.

Strength is the capacity to break a chocolate bar into four pieces with your bare hands - and then eat just one of the pieces.

READ! Books can be as delicious as hot-fudge sundaes, as funny as clowns, as exciting as a baseball game that's tied in the 9th inning, and as beautiful as the best sunset you ever saw.