It was only long after the ceremony that we learned why we got married in the first place.

Men are taught to apologize for their weaknesses, women for their strengths.

Power, like fear, had a taste. But power tasted better.

A good friend is a connection to life - a tie to the past, a road to the future, the key to sanity in a totally insane world.

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.

... letters freeze time for us, eternalizing shared experiences so we can go back and draw strength from them. Letters are like deposits in a secret bank that can be withdrawn when they are needed. And as we look back in love, we appreciate anew the thought and time that was taken to express those feelings.

Power never takes two weeks off. Power takes long weekends.