Spring, summer, and fall fill us with hope; winter alone reminds us of the human condition.

The neurotic circles ceaselessly above a fogged-in airport.

Women usually love what they buy, yet hate two-thirds of what is in their closets.

When we discuss those we love with those who do not love them, the end of love is near.

Spiritual sloth, or acedia, was known as The Sin of the Middle Ages. It's the sin of my middle age, too.

If the second marriage really succeeds, the first one didn't really fail.

If an article is attractive, or useful, or inexpensive, they'll stop making it tomorrow; if it's all three, they stopped making it yesterday.