It's smart to be friends with one's sex partner but dumb to have sex with one's friends.

We need old friends to help us grow old and new friends to help us stay young.

We mothers are learning to mark our mothering success by our daughters' lengthening flight.

I used to anticipate my childhood birthday parties as if each were an annual coronation. Like most kids, I loved sitting at the head of the table with a crown on my head.

Friendships aren't perfect and yet they are very precious. For me, not expecting perfection all in one place was a great release.

Boys don't make passes at female smart asses.

When a family is free of abuse and oppression, it can be the place where we share our deepest secrets and stand the most exposed, a place where we learn to feel distinct without being better, - and sacrifice for others without losing ourselves.