In retrospect, our triumphs could as easily have happened to someone else; but our defeats are uniquely our own.

We are keenly aware of the faults of our friends, but if they like us enough it doesn't matter.

Nobody ever loved anybody like everybody wants to be loved.

The two main hazards of psychoanalysis: that it might fail, and that if it succeeds, you'll never be able to forgive yourself for all those wasted years.

When women feel they have learned to forgive their mothers - and men, their fathers - all it usually means is that they've decided to allow themselves the same kind of behavior.

When their children fail to charm others, few parents can stay neutral.

Even in the same family, one child will always instinctively know when to ask for things, and another won't.