I think I'll move to Australia.

You end up as you deserve. In old age you must put up with the face, the friends, the health, and the children you have earned.

Love is much nicer to be in than an automobile accident, a tight girdle, a higher tax bracket or a holding pattern over Philadelphia.

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

There is a time to separate from our mother. But unless we are ready to separate-unless we are ready to leave her and be left-anything is better than separation.

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

Growing up means letting go of the dearest megalomaniacal dreams of our childhood. Growing up means knowing they can't be fulfilled. Growing up means gaining the wisdom and the skills to get what we want within the limitations imposed by reality - a reality which consists of diminished powers, restricted freedoms and, with the people we love, imperfect connections.