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.

Most parents of adolescent girls have the goal of keeping their daughters safe while they grow up and explore the world. The parents' job is to protect, the daughter's job is to explore.

Intelligent resistance keeps the true self alive

One important reason to stay calm is that calm parents hear more. Low-key, accepting parents are the ones whose children keep talking.

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.

Language imparts identity, meaning, and perspective to our human condition. Writers are either polluters or part of the cleanup.

I want to write. I have always wanted to write. I do not care it I am not good at it. I just want to try.