Not that I haven't leaped up into the blinding light of competence now and then. It's sustaining the altitude that defeats me.

I spent my 20s working in patient care at a large university hospital, an experience that has informed all my work and has given me a lot of human observation to draw on.

Ignorance is not stupidity, but it might as well be. And I do not like feeling stupid.

The will to be stupid is a very powerful force, but there are always alternatives.

Have you ever heard the phrase, Living well is the best revenge?" "Where I come from, someone's head in a bag is generally considered the best revenge

The world demands I make good choices on no information, and then blames my maidenhood for my mistakes, as if my maidenhood were responsible for my ignorance. Ignorance is not stupidity, but it might as well be. And I do not like feeling stupid.

Bleeding ulcers run in my family, we give them to each other.