Men who take advantage of one woman take advantage of them all.

Loving someone means helping them to be more themselves, which can be different from being what you’d like them to be, although often they turn out the same

The job of a friend is not to decide what should be done, not to run interference or pick up the slack. The job of a friend is to understand, and to supply energy and hope, and in doing so to keep those they value on their feet a little longer, so that they can fight another round and grow strong in themselves.

Anger is a passion, so it makes people feel alive and makes them feel they matter and are in charge of their lives. So people often need to renew their anger a long time after the cause of it has died, because it is a protection against helplessness and emptiness just like howling in the night. And it makes them feel less vulnerable for a little while.

If there are no endings, there are no beginnings and you see no new lands, so for everything that's lost, there is usually something gained.

You can tell a lot about what a man lacks by watching what he is cynical about, and many of us are cynical about love.

Most women would rather have someone whisper their name at optimum moments than rocket with contractions to the moon.