Fear is born in uncertainty and nourished by pessimism.
Your mother calls and says she hasn't seen you for a long time. The first year: You invite her for a week. You give her your room, and you both sleep on the lumpy studio couch. The fifth year: Your mother sleeps on the lumpy studio couch. The tenth year: You send the children to mother.
there is no noise louder than a silent phone.
If I had known how wonderful it would be to have grandchildren, I'd have had them first.
We are the generation that came of age in an ageless society.
Didn't we, like our grandchildren, begin with a childhood we thought would never end? Now, all of a sudden, I'm older than my parents were when I thought they were old.