I've grown to realize the joy that comes from little victories is preferable to the fun that comes from ease and the pursuit of pleasure.
The next time a car appeared down Market Street, I stepped right out into the road, waving my arms over my head, shouting.
If your daily life seems poor, do not blame it; blame yourself, tell yourself that you are not poet enough to call forth its riches.
We are able to laugh when we achieve detachment, if only for a moment.
The most important thing she'd learned over the years was that there was no way to be a perfect mother and a million ways to be a good one.
By the time I'd grown up, I naturally supposed that I'd be grown up.
When we got into office, the thing that surprised me the most was that things were as bad as we'd been saying they were.