...boredom is all about perception. It's a self-diagnosis, plain and simple. If you don't realize you're bored, you're not.

Motivation begins with discomfort- with needs that are unfulfilled.

Maturity is largely about acquiring the confidence and the competence to make your own decisions.

We must acknowledge that bearing and raising children is not some pesky, peripheral activity that we engage in, but the whole point.

...boredom is all about perception. It's a self-diagnosis, plain and simple. If you don't realize you're bored, you're not.

Cities have personalities, just as people do, and that finding the right place to live is akin to finding the right partner to live with.

Respondents had been so overwhelmed by their in-box they'd declared "e-mail bankruptcy.