It's one thing to be a high achiever; it's quite another to privately sneer at your girlfriend's friends after feigning friendliness because they have the "misfortune" to drive a bus for a living.

Not wanting to give everyone in your life one of your kidneys is not the same thing as hoping they die of kidney failure.

Depression cannot be overcome by listing a series of good things in one's life, any more than a broken foot can be healed by thinking about all the other bones you have that aren't broken.

There has to be some kind of personal hygiene bar that a person needs to clear in order for a relationship to be successful.

Reconciliation is not possible when one party asks the other to obliterate all signs of their relationship.

It can't hurt to have a backup.

We are all going to die, sometimes even in the middle of a lease.