“Nice people don't necessarily fall in love with nice people.”

“The personality susceptible to the dream of limitless freedom is a personality also prone, should the dream ever sour, to misanthropy and rage.”

“I think the iPod is the true face of Republican politics, and Im in favor of the music industry standing up proud and saying it out loud: We in the Chiclet-manufacturing business are not about soc...”

“the weekly thirty minutes of sexual stress was a chronic but low-grade discomfort, like the humidity in Florida”

“Parents are programmed to want the best for their kids, regardless of what they get in return. That's what love is supposed to be like, right? But in fact, if you think about it, that's kind of a s...”

“She had all day every day to figure out some decent and satisfying way to live, and yet all she ever seemed to get for all her choices and all her freedom was more miserable. The autobiographer is ...”

“Patty believed that parents have a duty to teach their children how to recognize reality when they see it.”

“A hallmark of virtuous adulthood is learning to find freedom in your work rather than freedom from your work, even when work might hurt.”

“Parenting requires a delicate balance of letting your child be your spiritual teacher while you maintain the clarity and boundaries to be her Earthly teacher.”

“Remember, nothing is ever created or destroyed. Therefore, unresolved emotional pain from childhood does not dissolve by itself. It sits waiting to be declared, and a child is the ultimate vehicle ...”