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.
Before I met my husband, I'd never fallen in love, though I'd stepped in it a few times.
People fail forward to success.
The gambling known as business looks with austere disfavor upon the business known as gambling.
Having a holiday weekend without a family member felt like putting on a sweater that had an extra arm.
This is the challenge of writing. You have to be very emotionally engaged in what you?re doing, or it comes out flat. You can?t fake your way through this.
I love my past. I love my present. I'm not ashamed of what I've had, and I'm not sad because I have it no longer.