For lack of an occasional expression of love, a relationship strong at the seams can wear thin in the middle.

An old dog, even more than an old spouse, always feels like doing what you feel like doing.

Eventually you realize that your whole life up to now has been preparation, and you begin to suspect that the rest might be preparation, too.

After years of buying clothes I intend to diet into, I'll say this: the skeleton in my closet has some really nice outfits.

So often our greatest triumph is a willing surrender.

What you discover in a democracy is that it is difficult to build a house when each nail has an opinion.

The difference between friends and pets is that friends we allow into our company, pets we allow into our solitude.