The number of times I have fallen down is the number of times I have gotten up.
We want our children to fit in and to stand out. We rarely address the conflict between these goals.
We spend January 1st walking through our lives, room by room, drawing up a list of work to be done, cracks to be patched. Maybe this year, to balance the list, we ought to walk through the rooms of our lives. . . not looking for flaws, but for potential.
I have never been especially impressed by the heroics of people convinced they are about to change the world. I am more awed by those who struggle to make one small difference.
We are told that people stay in love because of chemistry, or because they remain intrigued with each other, because of many kindnesses, because of luck. But part of it has got to be forgiveness and gratefulness.
Normal is getting dressed in clothes that you buy for work, driving through traffic in a car that you are still paying for, in order to get to a job that you need so you can pay for the clothes, car and the house that you leave empty all day in order to afford to live in it.
Ultimately, time is all you have and the idea isn't to save it, but to savour it.
Marriage is like a hot bath; once you get used to it, it ain't so hot.
Culture civilizes us, and that's why every single despotic regime has tried to smash [the arts].
I think the best beauty trick is to take good care of your skin. Wash your face at night, wear sunscreen, and hydrate.
If they [animals] were really to get the equal consideration that I believe they should, we wouldn't have commercial animal production in this country.