The thing about family disasters is that you never have to wait long before the next one puts the previous one into perspective.

In the end there doesn't have to be anyone who understands you. There just has to be someone who wants to.

Ah, yes, my social life — a series of encounters where we briefly debate who is in the greater rush.

If you allow people to treat you like a doormat, they will expect you to say WELCOME.

Yes, I believe in guardian angels, because otherwise I must believe that life is a string of death-defying miracles - and I don't believe in miracles.

It is the abiding faith of mortals that mortality is a temporary condition.

Death is just another stage of life, although the one you kind of hope comes last.