Some lessons can't be taught, they simply have to be learned.
So much of marriage was implicit and nonverbal. Had I gotten so complacent I'd forgotten to communicate?
Since when does anyone get the option to do the easiest?
She stared at Peter, and she realized that in that one moment, when she hadn't been thinking, she knew exactly what he'd felt as he moved through the school with his backpack and his guns. Every kid i...
She is quiet for a moment. have you ever been swimming in the summer, she asks, when a cloud comes in front of the sun? You know how, for a few seconds, you're absolutely freezing in th water and you...
She didn't like herself like this, either. But she couldn't go back to being the girl she'd been before she met him; that girl was gone. So where did that leave her?
Ross was a firm believer that you could not force circumstance. You could buckle your seat belt, but still crash the car. You could throw yourself in front of an oncoming train, but somehow survive. Y...
People had figured out all sorts of ways to makethings seem different than they truly were.
Parenting is really just a matter of tracking, of hoping your kids do not get so far ahead you can no longer see their next moves.
Our culture promotes individuality, while the Amish are deeply entrenched in community. To us, if someone stands out, it's no big deal because diversity is respected and expected. To the Amish, there'...
One of the most amazing things about elephants mourning in the wild is their ability to grieve hard, but then truly, unequivocally, let go. Humans can't seem to do that. I've always thought it's becau...
Nobody, who looks at a shard of flint lying beneath a rock ledge, or who finds a splintered log by the side of the road would ever find magic in their solitude. But in the right circumstances, if you...
No, he said calmly, filled with purpose. he took her arms lightly in his hands and shook her. I am not giving you up.Emily looked at him, and for just a moment he could read her thoughts. Melanie use...
Neither of us, it turns out, has been the only one who lost someone she loved.
My mother and Joe have a lovers' shorthand, an economy of gestures that comes when you are close enough to someone to speak their language. I wonder if my mother and father ever had that, or if my mot...
Maybe this was the job of a mother: to buy time for her child, no matter what. Even if it meant doing something she'd rather not; even if it left her flat on her back.
May be you had to come close to losing something before you could remember its value.
Love's a tidal wave, she says.Because it sweeps you off your feet? I ask. No. Because it sucks you under and you drown.But sometimes, I point out, it's the only thing that keeps you afloat.
Love isn't what you expect it to be. You imagine being drunk on happiness, but the truth is, you worry all the time. Is she ill? Hurt? Might she meet someone else? There's a moment when you realize yo...
Life sometimes gets so bogged down in the details, you forget you are living it. There is always another appointment to be met, another bill to pay, another symptom presenting, another uneventful day...