we are a small, interconnected world; that we are all safe or none of us are; that we are all well cared for or all at risk.

I'm a perfectly good carrot that everyone is trying to turn into a rose. As a carrot, I have good color and a nice leafy top. When I'm carved into a rose, I turn brown and wither.

How many therapists does it take to change a lightbulb? One, as long as the lightbulb wants to change.

Telling stories never fails to produce good in the universe.

Something dramatic happens to girls in early adolescence. Just as planes and ships disappear mysteriously into the Bermuda Triangle, so do the selves of girls go down in droves.

Real friends require honesty, openness, and even vulnerability. They also require attention and simple acts of kindness.

When one of us tells the truth, he makes it easier for all of us to open our hearts to our pain and that of others.