When you quit drinking you stop waiting..

The freedom to choose...means the freedom to make mistakes, to falter and fail, to come face-to-face with your own flaws and limitations and fears an….

My recipe for bliss on a Friday night consists of a 'New York Times' crossword puzzle and a new episode of 'Homicide;' Saturdays and Sundays are orie….

I'm still prone to periods of isolation, still more fearful of the world out there and more averse to pleasure and risk than I'd like to be; I still ….

On the broad spectrum of solitude, I lean toward the extreme end: I work alone, as well as live alone, so I can pass an entire day without uttering s….

By definition, memoir demands a certain degree of introspection and self-disclosure: In order to fully engage a reader, the narrator has to make hers….

Was he smart enough? Introspective enough? Was it just enough to love him, or should I attach myself to someone who seemed farther ahead of me, someo….

Dogs have such short life spans, it's like a concentrated version of a human life. When they get older, they become much more like our mothers. They ….

I've always been drawn to solitude, felt a kind of luxurious relief in its self-generated pace and rhythms..

I'm 38 and I'm single, and I'm having my most intense and gratifying relationship with a dog. But we all learn about love in different ways, and this….

Desires collide; the wish to eat bumping up against the wish to be thin, the desire to indulge conflicting with the injunction to restrain. Small won….

Solitude is a breeding ground for idiosyncrasy, and I relish that about it, the way it liberates whim..

When you love somebody, or something, its amazing how willing you are to overlook the flaws..

Dogs are fantasies that don't disappoint..