So often the shortest distance to happiness is the length of an about-face.
The ultimate folly is to think that something crucial to your welfare is being taken care of for you.
In a dark moment I ask, "How can anyone bring a child into this world?" And the answer rings clear, "Because there is no other world, and because the child has no other way into it."
Through the blackest night, morning gently tiptoes, feeling its way to dawn.
The brain forgets much, but the lower back remembers everything.
Life is a series of family photos in which you keep moving to the rear until finally you're a portrait in the background.