In the evenings there's been thunder, a distant bumping and stumbling, like God on a sullen binge.
Children live what they learn.
To me, the difference between a good marriage and a great marriage is conviction.
Life is too short not to live in peace.
Creating traditions in the blended family promote unity and a sense of belonging.
Part of knowing ourselves is also being able to accept who we are and to value ourselves regardless of our flaws. Accepting who we are allows us to value our worth without conditions or reservations.
Divorce can leave children feeling like defectors.
One can make this generalization about men: they are ungrateful, fickle, liars, and deceivers, they shun danger and are greedy for profit; while you treat them well, they are yours. They would shed their blood for you, risk their property, their lives, their children, so long, as I said above, as danger is remote; but when you are in danger they turn against you.
Liz cleared her throat. "Isn't there a more polite term we're supposed to use nowadays? Like. . . . little person, or vertically challenged,or-" "I'm not going to call myself the god of vertically challenged people," Bes grumbled. "I'm a dwarf!
It is a terrible thing for an author to have a lot of people running about his book without any invitation from him at all.
I do my work. My work is my statement. Generally, I think, there is too much interest in what an artist has to say. Or what she or he looks like, instead of what she or he does.