“Envy, after all, comes from wanting something that isn't yours. But grief comes from losing something you've already had.”

“If I have gained anything over these months, it is the knowledge there is no starting over- only living with the mistakes you've made.”

“Sometimes when you pick up your child you can feel the map of your own bones beneath your hands, or smell the scent of your skin in the nape of his neck. This is the most extraordinary thing about ...”

“You are only as invincible as your smallest weakness, and those are tiny indeed - the length of a sleeping baby's eyelash, the span of a child's hand. Life turns on a dime, and - it turns out - so ...”

“Not only is there often a right and wrong, but what goes around does come around, Karma exists, chickens do come home to roost, and as my mother, Phyllis, liked to say, There is always a day of rec...”

“In an earlier stage of our development most human groups held to a tribal ethic. Members of the tribe were protected, but people of other tribes could be robbed or killed as one pleased. Gradually ...”

“The amount of money you make ethically is directly proportionate to the value you add in others peoples life”

“But theres a part of me that wonders what it would be like to be the most important person to someone else, to always feel like you were missing a piece of yourself when he wasnt near you.”

“Isnt that what true romance is supposed to be about? Finding the person whos your soul mate. Someone you dream about at night.Someone whose name is on your lips when you wake up in the morning.”

“I realize that I quite like this girl. Its not just that shes so pretty the words fly out of my mind before they can leave my mouthits that when were chatting, I feel like Ive known her all my life.”

“It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.”

“If I am going to be drownedif I am going to be drownedif I am going to be drowned, why, in the name of the seven mad gods who rule the sea, was I allowed to come thus far and contemplate sand and t...”

“I'm an Earth ecstatic, and my creed is simple: All life is sacred, life loves life, and we are capable of improving our behavior toward one another. As basic as that is, for me it's also tonic and ...”