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

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.

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

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.

Passionate investment leaves us vulnerable to loss. And sometimes, no matter how clever we are, we must lose.

One advantage of marriage is that, when you fall out of love with him or he falls out of love with you, it keeps you together until you fall in again.

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.