The hardest thing to accept as a parent is that you cannot apply the bandage before the bruise..

There is no tomorrow. There is only a planet turning on its axis, and a creature given to optimistic fancies..

Charisma is a fancy name given to the knack of giving people your full attention..

The happiest memories are of moments that ended when they should have..

Conscience is less an inner voice than the memory of a mother's glance..

In the happiest of our childhood memories, our parents were happy, too..

As important as shared memories is the silent agreement that certain things never happened..

Never mind searching for who you are. Search for the person you aspire to be..

If you have a mom, there is nowhere you are likely to go where a prayer has not already been..

The lesson of Good Friday is to never lose hope — or at least give it 48 hours..

Time is a figure eight, at its center the city of Deja Vu..

For centuries, man believed that the sun revolves around the earth. Centuries later, he still thinks that time moves clockwise..

Sometimes it is the person closest to us who must travel the furthest distance to be our friend..

Do I rue a life wasted doing crosswords? Yes, but I do know the three-letter-word for regret..

The most fundamental winning formula is to bet on human decency and be patient..

Sometimes I sit up late with my thoughts, reluctant to fall asleep and leave my thoughts alone by themselves..

Often, what seems an impossible climb is just a staircase without the steps drawn in..

The wedding is where two people become one. The marriage is where they decide which one..

You can accept a falling out that changes your plans, but it's hard to accept a betrayal that changes your memories..

So I said to myself, "There but for the grace of God go I," only to realize I was looking in a mirror and had seriously overestimated the grace of Go….

Occasionally ask, "What is the connection between what I want most in life and anything I plan to do today?.