Sometimes when we have to speak suddenly we come closer to the truth than when we have time to think.

Sometimes idiosyncrasies which used to be irritating become endearing, part of the complexity of a partner who has become woven deep into our own selves.

I do not know everything; still many things I understand.

Severe illness isolates those in close contact with it, because it inevitably narrows the focus of concern. To a certain extent this can lead to healing, but not if the circle of concern is so tight that it cannot be broken into, or out of.

I am not some kind of computer. Only machines have glib answers for everything.

If you're too happy about anything, fate usually gives you a good sock in the jaw and knocks you down.

It was not an end, it was a beginging