Ah, the things we would do if we could — especially in the secure knowledge that we can't.

Sometimes in tragedy we find our life's purpose - the eye sheds a tear to find its focus.

What you must accept as a parent is that you cannot always be there for your child without sometimes ruining everything.

In this, the late afternoon of my life, I wonder: am I casting a longer shadow or is my shadow casting a shorter me?

Nothing in life means anything unless someone cares, and the whole trick is to keep being that someone.

An aphorism is a single sentence that totally exhausts its subject.

Lovers needn't always agree, anymore than poetry need always rhyme.