No matter what you do in life, a part of you still sits at a curbside, still hearing the drumbeat of a distant parade, still waiting for it to turn the corner.

Here is the basic question: Are we marionettes, or are we creatures of free will who just happen to have a lot of jerky reflexes?

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

The trouble with learning to parent on the job is that your child is the teacher.

The trick to getting ahead is to give it the same effort you give to getting even.

Sometimes in life you have an appointment with destiny, and sometimes you just have to get destiny to squeeze you in.

There are days in retirement that are the waking equivalent of a dreamless sleep, if you know what I mean.