Being wanted is the tender heel of everything human..

Friendship for me is made from a tapestry of personalities, each of whom shares a part of all I care about..

There's a strange sensation - you recall it from childhood - about sleeping in the afternoon. You rise into a different world from the one in which y….

I do a great deal of research. I don’t want anyone to say, ‘That could not have happened.’ It may be fiction, but it has to be true..

The ideal structure for a family is one that remains so..

Anybody can become a widow. There aren't any special qualifications. It happens in less time than it takes to draw a breath. It doesn't require the p….

It's faith that really takes the courage, the belief in things unseen..

our sons and daughters are only passing through. ... If we are lucky, they always will consider our home their harbor, but they are headed out to the….

You'll never regret eating blueberries or working up a sweat..

Nothing better for the hormones and worse for the heart than the right boy at the right time..

Work is a slice of your life. It's not the entire pizza..

Here is how it is for women. We become our schedules. That starts to feel good. Then it starts to feel necessary. Then it starts to feel like everyth….

When someone you love that much leaves you behind there isn't as much of you left to die when your own time comes..

Cats regard people as warm-blooded furniture..

Feelings change fast when you're a teenager..