I've learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way (s)he handles these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights.

Each of us has that right, that possibility, to invent ourselves daily. If a person does not invent herself, she will be invented. So, to be bodacious enough to invent ourselves is wise.

I keep hitting the escape button but I am still here!

My greatest blessing has been the birth of my son. My next greatest blessing has been my ability to turn people into children of mine.

When I love somebody, I like him to be around; I like him to take me out to dinner; I like to look at the sunset with him. But if not, I love him and I hope he's looking at the same sun I am. Loving someone liberates the lover as well as the beloved. And that kind of love comes with age. Some of this wisdom came to me after I was 50 or 60.

Listen to some good poetry. You see? It keeps us from thinking we are only what our blatant appetites describe us as.

Lord keep Your arm around my shoulder and Your hand over my mouth.