If you have to do it every day, for God's sake learn to do it well.
We're seldom drawn to a character we admire; only to a personality we like.
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.
Always live up to your standards — by lowering them, if necessary.
Luck: when your burst of energy doesn't run afoul of someone else's.
One of life's few really reliable pleasures: to have a family you love, and to leave them for a week.