Demonstration of mastery gives a feeling of power and that feeling of power is a good feeling.

Bedtime rituals for children ease the way to the elsewhere of slumber - teeth brushing and pajamas, the voice of a parent reading, the feel and smell of the old blanket or toy, the nightlight glowing in a corner.

Depression is when you think there's nothing to be done. Fortunately I always think there's something to be done.

Men generally do not see women as competition.

Libraries are sexual dream factories. The langour brings it on.

I myself have perceived women's actions as more aggressive than I would have in men because I too am walking around with my own biases. The way to fight them is to become conscious of them.

Crippled and crazy, we hobble toward the finish line, pen in hand.