There are no bystanders in life [...] Our humanity makes us each a part of something greater than ourselves.

Sometimes, even if there was no useful advice to give, I saw that listening still helped.

Some people choose not to engage the battle and then don't seek out that kind of success. And others do.

In my experience when a friend unloaded about a boyfriend or spouse, the listener soaked up the complaint and remembered it long after the speaker had forgiven the offense.

I have spent my years since Princeton, while at law school and in my various professional jobs, not feeling completely a part of the worlds I inhabit. I am always looking over my shoulder wondering if I measure up.

It really takes growing up to treasure the specialness of being different.

So many people grew up with challenges, as I did. There weren't always happy things happening to me or around me. But when you look at the core of goodness within yourself - at the optimism and hope - you realize it comes from the environment you grew up in.