As important as shared memories is the silent agreement that certain things never happened.

The clash between child and adult is never as stubborn as when the child within us confronts the adult in our child.

Conscience is less an inner voice than the memory of a mother's glance.

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

Massage is the only form of physical pleasure to which nature forgot to attach consequences.

Ever wonder what crime you committed that you are confined to a small enclosure above your sinuses, under permanent skull arrest?

You can awaken each day to obligations you never chose — or you can decide now to choose them.