Too much virtue has a corrupting effect.

Emotion doesn't travel in a straight line. Like water, our feelings trickle down through cracks and crevices, seeking out the little pockets of neediness and neglect, the hairline fractures in our character usually hidden from public view.

You never know which people will affect your life.

It's disconcerting to realize how little you have to say to someone who once occupied such a prominent place in your bed.

Smile. It gives your face something to do.

If you're unhappy, change something.

The hard thing about death is that nothing ever changes. The hard thing about life is that nothing stays the same.