Don't waste your time on jealousy.

Live in New York City once, but leave before it makes you hard. Live in Northern California once, but leave before it makes you soft

One thing you might want to learn before you attend the world's largest ukulele lesson is how to say ukulele.

Chicago is constantly auditioning for the world, determined that one day, on the streets of Barcelona, in Berlin's cabarets, in the coffee shops of Istanbul, people will know and love us in our multidimensional glory, dream of us the way they dream of San Francisco and New York.

You can figure out who you were by which movies you loved when

Be nice to your siblings. They are your link to the past and the people most likely to stick with you in the future.

I couldn't have foreseen all the good things that have followed my mother's death. The renewed energy, the surprising sweetness of grief. The tenderness I feel for strangers on walkers. The deeper love I have for my siblings and friends. The desire to play the mandolin. The gift of a visitation.