Adventure in life is good; consistency in coffee even better.

Silence, too, can be torture.

I wondered about her chicken-and-egg relationship with Dad. Which came first? Her helplessness or his controlling?

You raze the old to raise the new.

If Jacob was right and clothes were costumes and makeup a mask, then our attitudes and habits must be our shields.

Let the glossy spreads have their heart-stopping, head-turning kind of beauty. Give me the heart-filling beauty instead. Jolie laide, that's what I would choose. Flawed, we're truly interesting, truly memorable, and yes, truly beautiful.

You can see beauty in everything, except for yourself.