I certainly know I have been blessed with much more empathy than I ever knew I would feel for other people.

And also I think particularly as a female, you're taught to be defensive your whole life. You're taught not to be aggressive.

I'm lucky to have been raised in the most beautiful place - Amherst, Massachusetts, state of my heart. I'm more patriotic to Massachusetts than to almost any place.

It is technically a failure when you don't try.

Socially, most people delayed motherhood for five to 10 years around us.

~You know how parents rattle on to you about, 'Oh, you won't believe your life will never be the same,' and you think, Why can't these people just get over it? All they're doing is yakking about their kids. It's such a bore. And then you have kids and you just want to do the same thing.~

It is better to have a relationship with someone who cheats on you than with someone who does not flush the toilet.