Most of my life I have needed more time to be on my own.

We who write in English are fortunate to have the richest and most versatile language in the world. Respect it.

we can forgive anything as long as it isn't done to us.

If you are proposing to commit a sin it is as well to commit it with intelligence. Otherwise you are insulting God as well as defying Him, don't you think?

The tragedy of loss is not that we grieve, but that we cease to grieve, and then perhaps the dead are dead at last.

gossip ... was like any other commodity in the marketplace. You received it only if you had something of value to give.

The great tragedy of Alzheimer's disease, and the reason why we dread it, is that it leaves us with no defence, not even against those who love us.