To trade a childhood wonder for a plausible explanation - is there a worst trade one makes in life?

There is never an embarrassing silence that can't be turned into a regrettable conversation.

From an aunt, long ago: "Death has come for me many times but finds me always in my lovely garden and leaves me there, I think, as an excuse to return.

Optimist: Someone who figures that taking a step backwards after taking a step forwards is not a disaster. It's a cha-cha.

A nod, a bow, and a tip of the lid to the person who coulda and shoulda and did.

A true friend sees past your excuses to the real reason it's not your fault.

You can bear your troubles or shrug them off. They're your shoulders.