Myron remembered something his father once told him: People have an amazing capacity to mess up their own lives.
My great-grandfather, Dad often told us, saved his best wines for special occasions. He was killed when the Nazis invaded Paris. The Nazis ended up drinking his wine. Lesson: you never wait. When I wa...
Maya had one of those sudden pow moments sneak up on her, the ones all parents experience, when you are simply overwhelmed by your love for your child, when you are awestruck and you can feel somethin...
I'd always hated running. Born-again joggers described how they got addicted to the rapture of running, how they achieved a nirvana known as a runner's high. Right. I'd always firmly believed that--mu...
I might be good at what I do, but despite the fact that King’s Cross station is indeed where Harry Potter headed off for Hogwarts, I do not possess an invisibility cloak.
I kept hearing that better to have loved and lost bullshit. Another falsehood. Trust me, it is not better. Don't show me paradise and then burn it down
Hoyt? Hoyt turned back around. So there’s no misunderstanding, Carlson said. I don’t believe a word you just said. We clear? Crystal, Hoyt said.
Family and money is never a good mix. Someone is always going to feel resentful.
Every person has hopes and dreams.
Chloe barked at a movement in the bush. A squirrel sprinted across the street. Chloe growled and feigned a chase. The squirrel stopped and turned back toward us. Chloe barked a boy-you’re-lucky-I’m-on...
Certain problems cannot be solved if you are constantly entertained and distracted.
You want to put people in neat categories, make them monsters or angels, but it almost never works that way. You work in the gray and frankly that kinda sucks. The extremes are so much easier.
Hope can be the most wonderful thing in the world or it can crush your heart like an eggshell.
Maybe it was because the lonely can sometimes sense the lonely.
Looked me straight in the eye and spoke an indisputable truth: You don't know my life.
But every home is its own island with its own secrets.
You can’t talk to our daughter without our permission, she says. I’ll have your badge.
When I got home, I poured myself one last quick drink. I took a deep sip and let the warm liquor travel to destinations well known. Yes, I drink. But I’m not a drunk. That’s not denial. I know I flirt...
Well, if you did, you’d be wrong. It is much, much smaller. Try this: Imagine you’re still holding that tiny grain of sand. Now not just the beach you are on, but all the beaches all over the planet,...
We humans can’t see straight. We are always biased. We always protect our own interests.